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Editorial 02
Value Education:
The Need of the Hour Dr Saraswati Raju Iyer 03
Vidya and Values Mary Princess Lavanya 11
Values: So Near, Yet So Far Dr Ragini G P 16
Living Values Education Mahespriya L
Ranjit L 21
Essentials of Values Rajeswari M 25
Value Education and
Personality Development Amudha S 28
Value Education and Teachers Viji T 31
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Editorial Values for Transformation Value Education and Teachers
Values are the standards of behaviour honesty, integrity, acceptance of Viji T*
in day-to-day activities and guiding differences and peaceful *Viji T, Ph.D. Research scholar in Education at Mother Teresa Women’s University,
principles in critical life situations. coexistence. Kodaikannal.
Values are ideal virtues and qualities There has been a revolutionary need Introduction Values and education
that are primary doctrines that shape for values education and it is There is restlessness all over the Values and education are closely
the world’s outlook. In the 21st constantly increasing because of globe. With the alarming expansion related. Education enables children
Century values education is the only greed and lack of unity in the society, of human knowledge in science and to distinguish between good and bad.
tool that could bring order, security behavioural disorders and violent technology, values are rapidly Students in school learn cooperation,
and assured development in the acts of terrorism. In today’s world eroding. Compared to other discipline, honesty and fraternity
chaotic world. human values are either discarded or developed countries, the United along with cultural and social values.
It is a programme of planned distorted. Only when the basic States has the highest divorce rate, Characteristics of values
educational action and a methodical ideologies are restored, world will be abortion rate and the highest àValues are universal.
effort deliberately framed to bring a better place to live in. ‘In order to percentage of violent deaths amongst àValues provide guidelines.
transformation in the society. It starts preserve, maintain and advance the youth. In India, corruption and àValues bring equilibrium in human
at home and continued in schools. It position of our country in the world, it nepotism are rampant among our conduct.
begins with childhood and should be is imperative that there should be a politicians. These negativities have àThe existence of an institution
present throughout one’s life. comprehensive programme of value- their evil effects on the sensitive depends on the sense of values.
The family system in India has a long based education starting from the minds of the young generation. àValues bring quality and meaning
tradition of teaching values pre-primary level, embracing the According to Richard Hooker ‘the to life.
effortlessly. But westernization, entire spectrum of educational teacher is indeed the architect of our àValues give a person his identity
urbanization, globalization and the process’ (Parliamentary Committee in future. Society can neglect him at its and character.
fast changing roles of parents have India,1999). own peril.’ In order to provide value Need for education and values
necessitated institutional intervention Values education is strongly education, teachers have the à Development of healthy and
through schools, colleges, religious recommended at all levels of formal following ready-made objectives: balanced personality.
organizations and departments of and informal education. It is indeed Objectives for teachers àCapacity to earn livelihood and
governments to meet the rising an intervention technique to prevent àTo be a role model for students. required material prosperity.
needs of the modern society. These the recurrence of scandals like CWG/ àTo value ethics in their profession. à Development of vocational
activities focus on the development 2G spectrum and witch-hunting the àTo be perfect in personal life. efficiency.
of children and young adults by whistle-blowers. Aren’t values in a àTo respect life and environment. àCreation of good citizenship.
concentrating on core values like society the true indicators of the àTo promote decision making skills àAdjustment with the environment
compassion, humility, unity, simplicity, development of any nation? among students. and its modification towards
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fulfillment of the needs of man. challenge for the members of the
àDevelopment of character. present day society. Values abound
àNational integration and national in Indian ethos. Our villagers may
development. not know the great happenings in the
àPromotion of social efficiency. world. They may not know that Pluto
Conclusion lost its ‘planet’ status and Man had
‘Arise, awake and stop not till the goal set foot on Moon. They may not
is reached’ must be our watchword. know who the presidents of various
If we make our thoughts, words and republics are. They may not even
deeds sacred, there can be no better know that Indian currency has
way of coming out of evil, ill-will and obtained a universal symbol. But they
dependency. The teachers must be know to distinguish ‘right’ from
prepared to put the values into ‘wrong’, ‘good’ from ‘evil’ and ‘pure’
practice themselves, which they from ‘impure’. Their value system is
profess to others. Therefore, the guided by epics and folklores.
strategy of value education is a So, Values can also be ‘caught’.
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Pandurangi K T et al (1999): Indian Thought on Human Values. Bangalore: Gandhi
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