Value based education for students

1. MC19301
VALUE
EDUCATION

2. SYLLABUS

3. UNIT – I PERSONAL VALUES
Value Education – Definition, Types of values;
Human values - Respect, Acceptance,
Consideration, Appreciation, Listening,
Openness, Affection, Patience, Honesty,
Forgiveness, Sacrifice, Authenticity, Self Control,
Altruism, Tolerance and Understanding, Wisdom,
Decision making, Self –actualization, Character
formation towards positive Personality,
Contentment; -Religious Values -Humility,
Sympathy and Compassion, Gratitude. Peace,
Justice, Freedom, Equality.

4. TECHNICAL TERMS
 Respect - Respect is a way of treating or thinking
about something or someone.
 Acceptance - Acceptance means agreeing to receive
something or the act of receiving it.
 Consideration - careful thought, typically over a period
of time.
 Appreciation - appreciation refers to the recognition
or admiration of something.
 Listening - Listening means paying attention
 Openness - lack of restriction and accessibility.
An example of openness is someone who's always
trying something new.

5. Cont:
 Wisdom – the quality of having experience,
knowledge, and good judgement and the quality
of being wise.
 Humility – Humility is the quality of being humble.
 Contentment – a state of happiness and
satisfaction.
 Gratitude – feeling of being thankful and
appreciative.
 Sympathy – feeling sadness for other people or
the act of expressing

6. Definition
 Human values are universal and are important
considerations to take into account, when
interacting with other people.
 Human values play a great role in establishing
peace and protecting society.
 Human values refers to orientations towards
which is considered desirable by people living in
society.

7. Concept of Human values
 Human values emerges due to two factors:
From the society
Due to one’s own awareness, choice and
judgment
The principle branches of human learning (values)
are:
biology
psychology
social science
ethics
metaphysics

8. Five core Human values
Truth
Love
Peace
Right conduct (do good, see good and
be good)
Non-violence
It is easier to discern human values by examining
behaviour.
 Actions are based on choices
 Choices are made by the mind
 The mind is guided by what its values
 Values are the guidelines for behaviour

9. Type of Human values

10. Types of values
Value is a standard.
A value may be described as an emotional
attitude, which motivates a person directly or
indirectly to act in the most desirable way
preferred by him or her.
Values regulate and guide human behaviour and
action in our day to daily life.
Values are formed on the basis of interests,
choices, needs, desires and preferences.
Values involve the processes of thinking,
knowing/understanding feelings and action.

11. Cont:
 Kane (1962) states “Values are the ideals,
beliefs, or norms which a society or the large
majority of a society’s members hold.”
 According to Cuber (1962), “Values are ideas
and beliefs which people cherish. These ideas
contain or express the judgement which
people have, of the relative importance of
things.”
 M.P. Hunt (1975) looks at values, “as a
judgement concerning the worth of an object,
person, group or situation. Value judgement
contains evaluative rating terms, such as
good, bad, moral, immoral, beautiful, ugly
etc.”

12. Types of values
 Personal Values
 Social Values
 Moral Values
 Spiritual Values
 Cultural Values
 Ethical Values
 Behavioural Values
 Instrumental Values
 Intrinsic Values
 Aesthetic Values
 Democratic Values

13. Personal Values
 Personal Values are personal
to an individual both in terms
of their possession and their
use.
 These values make a person
good for himself.
 Examples: ambition,
cleanliness, discipline,
honesty, loyalty, contentment,
courage, creativity,
determination, dignity of
labour, diligence, excellence,
hope, maturity, regularity,
punctuality, self-confidence,
self-motivation, simplicity,
accomplishment, purity etc.

14. Social Values
 Social values are certain
behaviours and beliefs
that are shared within
specific cultures and
social groups.
 It imposes the interaction
of two or more persons.
 Social values are always
practised in relation to our
neighbours, community,
society, nation and world.
 Examples: friendship,
gratitude, hospitality,
justice, love, patience,
repentance, responsibility,
service, sharing,
sympathy, team spirit,
tolerance etc.

15. Moral Values
 Moral values are those
values that enable an
individual in making a
distinction between right
and wrong and good
and bad etc.
 It particularly refer to the
conduct of man towards
man in the various
situations in which
human beings come
together.
 Example: fairness,
justice, equality, human
dignity, honesty, sense
of responsibility etc.

16. Spiritual Values
 Spiritual values are
eternal and they do
not change.
 They are real ideas.
 Examples: truth,
beauty, goodness,
unity, pure, love, joy,
self-giving,
contentment, wisdom,
self-discipline,
devotion to God, etc.

17. Cultural Values
 Cultural values are the
standards of what is
acceptable or
unacceptable, important
or unimportant, right or
wrong in a community
or society.
 They maintain the
integrity of language,
behaviour, and
traditional rites.
 Examples: hospitality,
codes of conduct, social
order, tolerance,
gentleness, non-
violence, love etc.

18. Ethical Values
 Ethical values are a set of
moral principles that apply
to a specific group of
people, professional field
or form of human conduct
and interaction.
 A person with ethical
values can be trusted and
will be respected and
revered.
 These relate to our
personal behaviour with
our fellow beings.
 Among these we include
values like honesty and
truth etc.
 All moral values are also
covered under ethical
values.

19. Behavioural Values
 Behavioural values refer to all good manner that
are needed to make our life successful and
joyous.
 They are those values which will express our
conduct and behaviour in our daily life.
 Example: cordiality, integrity, trustworthy,
kindness, loyalty etc.

20. Instrumental Values
 Instrumental values are such values that are
useful in deriving some other benefit through
them such as economic gain or an increase in
status.
 Example: education, political power etc.
 Instrumental values include preparatory or
introductory, practical or utilitarian, socialising and
conventional values.

21. Intrinsic Values
 Intrinsic values are such values that are pursued
and possessed for their own sake.
 It refers to the value of an object has solely by
virtue of its ‘intrinsic properties’.
 Intrinsic values are said to be inherent in
themselves.
 They are supposed to be invaluable in an
absolute sense. Examples: goodness, beauty,
artistic expression, happiness, truth and bliss.
They themselves are the ends and not the means
for achieving some other end.

22. Aesthetic Values
 Values which give us pleasure and happiness are
known as aesthetic values.
 To intensify appreciation, to strain and alert every
sensitivity to a full appreciation of a value is to
treat it as an aesthetic value.
 Things and activities which gives joys of beauty
are aesthetic values. Example: beauty, taste,
architecture, calligraphy and literature.

23. Democratic Values
 A person with democratic outlook is characterized
by – respect for individuality,
 equal treatment to all,
 irrespective of their sex,
 caste, language, religion, colour, race, family
status etc. ensuring equal social, political and
religious rights to all, impartiality and social justice
and
 respect for the democratic institutions.

24. RESPECT:
 You speak politely and don’t hurt people feelings by
saying unkind things or making fun of them.
 You should have good manners and care about other
people.
 You treat others fairly and you think it is good to
share.
Here are a few ideas:
1. Don’t insult people
2. Listen to others when they speak
3. Value other peoples opinions
4. Be considerate of people’s likes and dislikes
5. Be sensitive to other people feelings
6. Don’t pressure someone to do something he or she
doesn’t want to do.

25. Cont:
In addition to the list above, here are some ways
we can respect people who are different from us.
 Try to learn something from other person
 Show interest and appreciation for others peoples
culture and backgrounds.
 Don’t go along with prejudices and racist
attitudes.

26. Acceptance
 Natural acceptance is process to understand
ourselves first.
 Natural acceptance implies unconditional and
total acceptance of the self, people and
environment.
 It also refers to the absence of any exception
from others.
 In other words, Natural acceptance is way to
accept the good things naturally.

27. Basis of characteristics of natural
acceptance
 Natural acceptance does not change with
time.
 It does not depend on the place.
 It does not depend on our beliefs or past
conditionings.
 This natural acceptance is ‘constantly there’,
something we can refer to.
 Natural acceptance is the same for all of us: it
is part and parcel of every human being, it is
part of humanness.

28. consideration
 The consideration, based on the main line of
"moral feeling", with purpose of "learning to care
for others“
 Consideration is the backbone of all promises.

29. Appreciation
A feeling or expression of admiration, approval , or
gratitude
Judgment, Evaluation
Sensitive awareness.

30. Listening
The process of receiving , constructing
meaning from , and responding to spoken and
/or nonverbal messages ; to hear something
with thoughtful attention.

31. Openness
 The tendency to appreciate new art , ideas,
values, feelings and behaviors.
An Openness to adventures and trying new
things.

32. Affection
Affection is a state of mind or body that of
often associated with a feeling or type of love
It is popularly used to denote a feeling or type
of love, amounting to more than goodwill or
friendship

33. Patience
Patience is the ability to tolerate waiting ,
delay, or frustration without becoming agitated
or upset.
It is ability to be able to control your emotions
or impulses and proceed calmly when faced
with difficulties.

34. Honesty
Telling the truth.
You explain what really happened.
Spreading rumours.
Cheating or Stealing.

35. Forgiveness
Forgiveness is of greater importance than
most people realize.
The body , mind and soul are each affected
by both forgiveness and un forgiveness.
We cannot maintain a normal life without the
ability to forgive.
We can forgive , it really doesn’t matter who is
right or wrong on an issue.

36. Sacrifice
It is an act of giving up something valued
for the sake of something else regarding as
more important or worthy.

37. Authenticity
An authentic text is a stretch of real
language produced by a real speaker or
writer for a real audience and designed to
convey a real message of some sort.

38. Self control
 It is the ability to control one’s emotions
over things that are way too much to bear.
It is the capacity of a person to permeate
goodness instead of otherwise.
It is the projection of pure discipline and
maturity.
Controlling our ANGER
Controlling our ADDICTIONS

39. Altruism
Altruism is characterized by selflessness and
concern for the well-being of others. Those
who possess this quality typically put others
first and truly care about the people around
them, whether they have a personal tie to
them or not.
Altruism refers to behavior that benefits
another individual at a cost to oneself.
For example, giving your lunch away
is altruistic because it helps someone who is
hungry, but at a cost of being hungry yourself.

40. Tolerance
Tolerance means being accepting of others.
Being kind to people who are different from
you.
Accepting of others opinions and beliefs.
Listen and react appropriately.

41. Understanding
 Understanding self represents the sum total of
people’s conscious perception of their identify
as distinct from others .
It is not a static phenomenon, but continuous to
develop & change throughout our lives.

42. Wisdom
Wisdom is knowledge applied. A response
to what is actual and ultimately real. It gives
our lives significance and meaning
It produces something good that maintains
and upholds what is ideally perfect.
If something is broken, wisdom repairs it.
If something is needed, wisdom invents it.

43. Decision making
It is the process of recognizing a problem ,
generating an weighing alternatives ,
coming to a decision , taking action, and
assessing the results.
All decisions carry risks and rewards as well
as being based on uncertainly.

44. Self actualization
It occurs when a person is able to take full
advantage of his or her talents while being
mindful of his or her limitations.
The self-actualizing person is someone who is
generally strongly focused on problems
outside of themselves .

45. Character formation towards positive personality
 Accept responsibility
 Consideration
 Think win – win
 Choose your words carefully
 Don’t criticize & complain
 Smile & be kind
 Put positive interpretation on other people’s
behavior
 Be a good listener
 Be Enthusiastic
 Give honest and sincere appreciation

46. Contentment
Feeling of happiness in life
circumstances.
Feeling of satisfaction.

47. Religious Values
Religious values define what people expect of
themselves and of others based on the beliefs
common to the religions they practice.
Such values represent the core principles that
guide daily decision making. They help people
determine which actions to take, and to make
judgments about right or wrong and good or bad.
Examples of religious values include:
 Showing compassion to those in need.
 Treating others as one would like to be treated.
 Continually learning and growing both spiritually
and intellectually.
 Being modest in your relations with others.
 Being respectful and nonviolent when interacting
with others.

48. Humility
 Humble character
 Self – reflection as a tool for personal and professional growth.
 Risk and rewards of an open ,humble leadership style.
Characteristics of Humility:
 They acknowledge they don't have it all together. ...
 They know the difference between self-confidence and
pride. ...
 They seek to add value to others. ...
 They take responsibility for their actions. ...
 They understand the shadow side of success. ...
 They are filled with gratitude for what they have.

49. Sympathy
1. When you feel sorry for someone or their circumstances, but may not
necessarily understand what they are going through.
2. Sympathy is feeling bad for someone else because
of something that has happened to them. We often
talk about it and feel sympathetic when someone
has died, or something bad has happened, saying
'Give them my sympathy', or 'I really feel for them'.
3. The difference in meaning is usually explained with
some variation of the following: sympathy is when
you share the feelings of another; empathy is when
you understand the feelings of another but do not
necessarily share them.

50. Compassion
 The meaning of compassion is to recognize the suffering
of others and then take action to
help. Compassion embodies a tangible expression of love
for those who are suffering.
 Whether you're interacting with a friend, colleague,
peer, patient, or family member, here are some ways
you can demonstrate your compassion.
 Start with Yourself. ...
 Communicate Verbally and Non-verbally. ...
 Touch (if appropriate). ...
 Encourage Others. ...
 Express Yourself. ...
 Show Kindness. ...
 Respect Privacy. ...
 Learn How To Advocate.

51. Gratitude
 Gratitude means thanks and appreciation.
... Gratitude, which rhymes with "attitude," comes
from the Latin word gratus, which means "thankful,
pleasing." When you feel gratitude, you're pleased
by what someone did for you and also pleased by
the results.
6 Unusual and Powerful Ways to Show Gratitude
 Write a poem. You don't have to spend a lot of money
to make someone feel appreciated. ...
 Do it over time. Saying thanks is powerful but
transitory. ...
 Take the time to write. ...
 Use the original social media. ...
 Give the gift of time. ...
 Be specific.

52. Peace
Peace is a stress-free state of security and
calmness that comes when there's no fighting or
war, everything coexisting in perfect harmony and
freedom. When you feel at peace with yourself, you
are content to be the person you are, flaws and
everything.
The eight pillars of peace should be addressed
simultaneously, as much as possible:
a well-functioning government
a sound business environment
an equitable distribution of resources
an acceptance of the rights of others
good relations with neighbors
free flow of information
a high level of human capital

53. Justice
 Justice is a concept on ethics and law that
means that people behave in a way that is fair,
equal and balanced for everyone.
Keeping in view the various concept
of justice, justice may be classified into
certain kinds, namely
 natural justice,
 economic justice
 social justice,
 political justice,
 legal justice,
 distributive justice and
 corrective justice.

54. Freedom
 Freedom, generally, is having the ability to act or
change without constraint. Something is "free" if it can
change easily and is not constrained in its present
state.
 The following are illustrative examples of
freedoms.
 The Right to Life. The right to live.
 The Right to Human Dignity. The right to physical,
psychological and social integrity and empowerment.
 Integrity of the Person. ...
 Freedom of Speech. ...
 Freedom from Bondage and Slavery. ...
 Freedom of Movement. ...
 Right to Security. ...

55. Equality
 Equality is about ensuring that every individual has an
equal opportunity to make the most of their lives and
talents. It is also the belief that no one should have poorer
life chances because of the way they were born, where
they come from, what they believe, or whether they have a
disability.
 Kinds of Equality:
(1) Social Equality: Social equality means that all the citizens
are entitled to enjoy equal status in society and no one is
entitled to special privileges.
(2) Civil Equality: Secondly, we have the concept
of Civil Liberty. ...
(3) Political Equality: ...
(4) Economic Equality: ...
(5) Equality of Opportunity and Education:

56. Thank You