FOR EUROPEAN RASING
VALUES
INDEX
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY VALUES?.....................................................................3
VALUES ACCORDING TO SCHWARTZ………………………………………..3
IMPORTANCE OF VALUES IN HUMAN LIFE…………………………………4
WHAT IS VALUES EDUCATION?.........................................................................4
WHT DO WE NEED VALUES EDUCATION……………………………………5
VALUES EDUCATION IN PRESCHOOL………………………………………..5
FACTORS AFFECTING VALUES EDUCATION……………………………….5
EFFECTIVE EDUCATION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN VALUES
EDUCATION ………………………………………………………………………..6
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTENT OF TRAINING MODULE………...6
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WHAT DO WE MEAN BY VALUES?
Values can be defined as "temptation, form-fitting objectives, principles that guide people's lives, and have varying significance“
Values are the essence of our personality, and affect us to make decisions, trust people, and arrange our time and energy in our social life.
VALUES ACCORDING TO SCHWARTZ
Shalom H. Schwartz is social psychologist, cross-cultural researcher, author of Theory of basic human values (universal values as latent motivations and needs).
Schwartz’s theory of basic human values discusses the nature of values and spells out the features that are common to all values and what distinguishes one value from another.
The theory identifies ten basic personal values that are recognized across cultures and explains where they come from.
He identified ten 'value types' that gather multiple values into a single category.
Power
This takes value from social status and prestige. The ability to control others is important and power will be actively sought through dominance of others and control over resources.
Achievement
Value here comes from setting goals and then achieving them. The more challenge, the greater the sense of achievement. When others have achieved the same thing, status is reduced and greater goals are sought.
Hedonism
Hedonists simply