Education is more than just a term which refers to only bookish knowledge taught in schools or colleges. Besides gaining knowledge over different subjects, it is also important for us to know about the different aspects of our life and society, which can be referred to as a kind of education also. An important form of education is value education. It is a term used to name several things and there are much academic controversies surrounding it. It is being widely accepted as the process by which someone transmits values to others, which play an effective role in shaping one's decisions. Value education can take place at home, colleges or any organisations. there are two main approaches to value education. Some say it to be inculcating a set of values which are influenced by societal or religious ethics. Others see it as a type of Socratic dialog where people are gradually brought to their own realization of what is good behavior for themselves and their community.
There are explicit and implicit value education. Explicit value education is associated with those different pedagogies, methods or programs that the educators use in order to create learning experiences for students when it comes to value questions. Implicit value education covers education on aspects of hidden curriculum.
Value education is very much like moral education, where the socio legal religious norms are taught to make people behave responsibly.
Multinational school based value education schemes:
Living Value Education Program- This project of worldwide proportions inspired by the new religious movements called the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University incorporates twelve values (unity, peace, happiness, hope,humility,simplicity, trust,freedom, co-operation,honesty,courage and love).
World Peace Ethics Contest- Based on Buddhist values and supported by Dhammakya Foundation started in1982 in Thailand. Their aim is to bring up the children's ethical development to higher levels.
Character education includes social and emotional learning, life skills education, health education, critical thinking,ethical reasoning,conflict resolution and meditation.
Value education around the world:
Australia- Here the government funds value education in the schools, with its own publications and fundings of school forums on value education at all levels.
Japan- Promotion of value education was reported in 1988.
Thailand- values are taught with context to Buddhist religious education.
United Kingdom- Here spiritual, moral and cultural development is focussed upon.
The family system in India has a long tradition of imparting value education. But with the progress of modernity and fast changing role of the parents, it is becoming tough for homes to remain a center. Therefore many institutes today conduct various value education programs which throw light upon the rising social problems, thus impart education on the development of the children, young or adults,etc, focusing on areas like happiness, humility, honesty and peace, etc.
Thus, value education is always essential to shape up a person's life and to give him an opportunity of performing himself on the global stage,in an honest,co-operative and peaceful way.
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