VALUE CLARIFICATION IN EDUCATION

Education

National Conference on “Value Education Through Teacher Education”

“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.”-Roy Disney Values are influenced by family, individual experience, religious aspects and society. Individual’s value can be defined as what that person holds to be right or good. Value clarification will provide an opportunity for a person to reflect on personal, moral dilemmas and allow for values to be analyzed and clarified. Value clarification teaches that behavior is not morally good or evil, rather wise or foolish actions that can vary according to time, place, and circumstances. Value clarification has to be a rational process. Important aspect of value clarification in education is moral development of a child. Moral development of a child can be achieved through various techniques which are discussed in detail in this article. Children in schools with value confusion are usually underachievers not only education but in every aspect. Teachers play an important role in molding the students to be the effective citizens of a society. To ensure such improvement among value confused students,value clarification in education becomes essential. Value clarification in education helps children in decision making, self-exploring, freedom of thought and action, tolerant and confident.

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