Question- Define Value Education.

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Value education is that form of education that stresses the acquisition of living values by learners. It inculcates universal and ethical values such as compassion, courage, honesty, tolerance and truthfulness. This helps in nurturing balanced individuals thus creating a humane society. Values are what promote human beings to personhood. These values are inherent in all people and acting contrary to them negates one’s personhood. Animals live by instinct; they are driven by instinctive forces and are not answerable to their acts. These instincts drive them to find food, shelter, and to procreate. Human beings are gifted with an intellect that helps them reason about the right course of action especially in moral aspects.

According to Allport, ‘Value is a belief upon which a man acts by preference’. Rokeach defined value ‘as an enduring belief that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence’ and value system for him is ‘as an enduring organization of beliefs concerning preferable modes of conduct or end-states of existence along a continuum of relative importance’. According to Hill ‘Values are individual beliefs to which people attach significant worth and by which they organize their life. Hence it can be said that values are principles before us that guide and direct our behaviour. Things or ideas are valuable because, we value them and desire to possess them or desire to cherish them.

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