ROLE OF TEACHERS IN INCULCATING VALUES

Education

National Conference on “Value Education Through Teacher Education”

If contemporary education is to be value based it can never be done without the teachers themselves understanding, appreciating and upholding the life sustained moral values. The teacher cannot have excuse whatsoever. If one cannot practice these values, one should not dream of teaching a job. It is a mission and vision for life and for posterity. That is the kind of realization that should be created among present day teachers. The theoretical knowledge of virtue must be supplemented by adequate practice of good character, the school concepts like the school traditions, the tone of the school, co-ordination between staff and students, activities and opportunities provided by the school. Co-Curricular activities afford opportunities for the training of character. A set off moral and ethical value is internalized by him and form part of an enlightened conscience that acts as an internal control on his character. The institutes of Teacher Education should take responsibility to prepare their students to achieve these goals. Value Education to become part and parcel of mainstream schooling, especially in public systems, the closest possible links need to be found between it and the world of teachers and schools.

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