What values must education foster in a consumerist Society
Introduction
Values are closely related to the noble aims of human life. For the achievements of these aims man frames certain philosophical guidelines or notions that direct human behaviour along desirable channels. These notions are called values. Values are closely related to the aims of Education. It is what is valuable that is transmitted to the younger generation by the elder generation. The concept of education has to be viewed as nothing but a set of values in essence.
Value crises
Education is becoming more materialistic in recent years. The old value traditions and spiritualism are slowly vanishing. The modern scientific and technological advancement has brought revolutionary changes in the age old traditional values of ethics and spiritualism. The modern Indian is being educated mainly with the sole aim of materialistic gain. No conscious efforts are made by the educational authorities to bring about value orientation to educational programmes. Values are only being referred to incidentially in the curricula and no plan has been chalked out to inspire the Students to imbibe in themselves all the desirable moral and social values. Hence we experience a serious value crisis in our Country.
Value Oriented Education
Some of the desirable values which should be inculcated in our pupils through School programmes are
(1) Love or affection
Values are closely related to the noble aims of human life. For the achievements of these aims man frames certain philosophical guidelines or notions that direct human behaviour along desirable channels. These notions are called values. Values are closely related to the aims of Education. It is what is valuable that is transmitted to the younger generation by the elder generation. The concept of education has to be viewed as nothing but a set of values in essence.
Value crises
Education is becoming more materialistic in recent years. The old value traditions and spiritualism are slowly vanishing. The modern scientific and technological advancement has brought revolutionary changes in the age old traditional values of ethics and spiritualism. The modern Indian is being educated mainly with the sole aim of materialistic gain. No conscious efforts are made by the educational authorities to bring about value orientation to educational programmes. Values are only being referred to incidentially in the curricula and no plan has been chalked out to inspire the Students to imbibe in themselves all the desirable moral and social values. Hence we experience a serious value crisis in our Country.
Value Oriented Education
Some of the desirable values which should be inculcated in our pupils through School programmes are
(1) Love or affection
(2) Truth
(3) Courage
(4) Reverence to elders
(4) Reverence to elders
(5) Compassion
(6) Respect for all Religions
(7) Diginity of Manual Work
(7) Diginity of Manual Work
(8) Humility
(9) Purity in Word, thought and action (10) Tranquility of mind
(11) Co-operation
(12) Cleanliness
The following School programmes may contribute to the development of right values in our children.
(1) Moral Instruction
The following School programmes may contribute to the development of right values in our children.
(1) Moral Instruction
(2) Health and cleanliness Programmes
(3) Socially useful and productive Work (SUPW)
(4) Cicizenship Training programmes
(5) Celebration of Youth Festival and National Festival.
(6) Cultural and recreational programmes.
(7) Scouting, NCC, National Social Service etc.
(3) Socially useful and productive Work (SUPW)
(4) Cicizenship Training programmes
(5) Celebration of Youth Festival and National Festival.
(6) Cultural and recreational programmes.
(7) Scouting, NCC, National Social Service etc.
Discussion
I discussed about the factors which are responsible for the value crisis with a Professor (Retd.). The discussion helped me to identify the real causes of value crisis.
One factor is the rapid growth of Industrialisation and Urbanisation. The unpresidented explosion of Industrialisation followed by Urbanisation has inculcated a commercial attitude and given commercial colour to life in all its various manifestations. In recent years, there have been radical sociological changes and the traditional family life has broken and empirical outlook of life has gained momentum. Impact of western philosophy and explosion of scientific knowledge of other factors which are responsible for todays value crisis. As a result of the advent of western life styles Indian values are considered by many as out dated. The rapid growth of scientific and technological achievements has started questioning the value dimensions of human life.Social conflicts, social tensions, caste rivalries, communal prejudices, uncertain political conditions deterioration of the feeling of nationalism, religious tension, exploitation of communal feelings, the deterioration of the standards of morality and disorder in the social and cultural systems all resulting in the value crisis. Materialistic outlook is another factor behind this value crisis.
The present curriculum does not properly depict the human values, which are truly Indian. The teachers also are not oriented towards value education. The system of education is only reflecting borrowed ideologies and philosophies at the cost of the national values.
Kothari Commission stresses the importance of a value oriented education in our country. The wide explosion of scientific knowledge should combine itself with a deepening sense of social responsibility and spiritual values in the building up of one's personal and national character.
I discussed about the factors which are responsible for the value crisis with a Professor (Retd.). The discussion helped me to identify the real causes of value crisis.
One factor is the rapid growth of Industrialisation and Urbanisation. The unpresidented explosion of Industrialisation followed by Urbanisation has inculcated a commercial attitude and given commercial colour to life in all its various manifestations. In recent years, there have been radical sociological changes and the traditional family life has broken and empirical outlook of life has gained momentum. Impact of western philosophy and explosion of scientific knowledge of other factors which are responsible for todays value crisis. As a result of the advent of western life styles Indian values are considered by many as out dated. The rapid growth of scientific and technological achievements has started questioning the value dimensions of human life.Social conflicts, social tensions, caste rivalries, communal prejudices, uncertain political conditions deterioration of the feeling of nationalism, religious tension, exploitation of communal feelings, the deterioration of the standards of morality and disorder in the social and cultural systems all resulting in the value crisis. Materialistic outlook is another factor behind this value crisis.
The present curriculum does not properly depict the human values, which are truly Indian. The teachers also are not oriented towards value education. The system of education is only reflecting borrowed ideologies and philosophies at the cost of the national values.
Kothari Commission stresses the importance of a value oriented education in our country. The wide explosion of scientific knowledge should combine itself with a deepening sense of social responsibility and spiritual values in the building up of one's personal and national character.
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