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ue Based Education
Pratima Kiro
Education is the vehicle measures. Values are
of knowledge, self-
preservation and success. outcomes of human
Education not only gives
us a platform to succeed experience both
but also the knowledge of
social conduct, strength, individual and collective.
character and self- respect.
The greatest gift education ‘Inculcation’ of values
gives us is the knowledge
of unconditional love and can be attempted on
a set of values.
the premise that well
These values include the simple difference
between right and wrong, a belief in God, the thought out, selected
importance of hard work and self- respect.
Education is a continuous learning experience, ‘experiences’ can be
learning from people, learning from success
and failures, learning from leaders and followers redesigned. In the realm
and then growing up to be the person we are
meant to be. of psychology a value is
Samrita Karmakar the maintenance of a set
Valuebasededucationisathree-folddevelopment
of an individual of any gender and age, but most towards the attainment of
important of a child. Education tries to develop
three aspects; physique, mentality and character. a goal. In sociology, it is a desirable behaviour of
Even though physique and mental development
are important but they are meaningless without any individual based on social norms, customs,
proper values. Education plays a huge role
precisely in this area. and etiquettes of any society. In philosophy
Value based education is a tool which not only it denotes one’s judgment to identify what is
provides us a profession which we can pursue
but also a purpose in life. The purpose of our life wrong and what is right in the society. In other
is undoubtedly to know oneself and be ourselves.
words it refers to value judgment of any human
Although value based education is a major
concern for a pluralistic society, in every society need. In this sense value is quantitative.
only that which is valued is propagated through
education. Yet any attempt to conceptualize Education is a vast area and value education, is
value is a very difficult task as a value is a one of its dimension. According to some scholars
very complex construct. Perhaps qualitative value and education both are intrinsically
approach is more appropriate than quantitative associated and therefore it may be said that value
is in education and education in values which
means value education is instrumental as well
as terminal in all educational endeavour. Value
gives direction to our behaviour at different
levels; individual, family, group community,
district, state, national, international. Value
may be described as an emotional attitude,
which motivates a person directly or indirectly
to act in the most desirable way preferred by
the individual. Without values, one floats like
a piece of dead weed in the swirling water of a
river.Values therefore, control and guide human
behaviour. Value is a norm, value also denotes
virtue or quality, accepted by community. In
fact value is the domain where individual and
society meets.
The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. – William S. Burroughs
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Pratima Kiro
Education is the vehicle measures. Values are
of knowledge, self-
preservation and success. outcomes of human
Education not only gives
us a platform to succeed experience both
but also the knowledge of
social conduct, strength, individual and collective.
character and self- respect.
The greatest gift education ‘Inculcation’ of values
gives us is the knowledge
of unconditional love and can be attempted on
a set of values.
the premise that well
These values include the simple difference
between right and wrong, a belief in God, the thought out, selected
importance of hard work and self- respect.
Education is a continuous learning experience, ‘experiences’ can be
learning from people, learning from success
and failures, learning from leaders and followers redesigned. In the realm
and then growing up to be the person we are
meant to be. of psychology a value is
Samrita Karmakar the maintenance of a set
Valuebasededucationisathree-folddevelopment
of an individual of any gender and age, but most towards the attainment of
important of a child. Education tries to develop
three aspects; physique, mentality and character. a goal. In sociology, it is a desirable behaviour of
Even though physique and mental development
are important but they are meaningless without any individual based on social norms, customs,
proper values. Education plays a huge role
precisely in this area. and etiquettes of any society. In philosophy
Value based education is a tool which not only it denotes one’s judgment to identify what is
provides us a profession which we can pursue
but also a purpose in life. The purpose of our life wrong and what is right in the society. In other
is undoubtedly to know oneself and be ourselves.
words it refers to value judgment of any human
Although value based education is a major
concern for a pluralistic society, in every society need. In this sense value is quantitative.
only that which is valued is propagated through
education. Yet any attempt to conceptualize Education is a vast area and value education, is
value is a very difficult task as a value is a one of its dimension. According to some scholars
very complex construct. Perhaps qualitative value and education both are intrinsically
approach is more appropriate than quantitative associated and therefore it may be said that value
is in education and education in values which
means value education is instrumental as well
as terminal in all educational endeavour. Value
gives direction to our behaviour at different
levels; individual, family, group community,
district, state, national, international. Value
may be described as an emotional attitude,
which motivates a person directly or indirectly
to act in the most desirable way preferred by
the individual. Without values, one floats like
a piece of dead weed in the swirling water of a
river.Values therefore, control and guide human
behaviour. Value is a norm, value also denotes
virtue or quality, accepted by community. In
fact value is the domain where individual and
society meets.
The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. – William S. Burroughs
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