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Value Education: The Nature And Value Of Education

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The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock market. We want to provide such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education". – Gandhi

Values based-education is a medium to unfold and nurture the ideals of life. Education that does not inculcate human virtues will not be good for the society; it will rather mislead humanity. Quality teaching is an outcome of Value based Education. The subject matter and content are not the only ingredients for inculcating values among the students but it is …show more content…

Values education is often ignored in adult life, perhaps on the assumption that values are an individual matter and that values education for adults would be an inappropriate attempt to influence the moral decisions of people who should by this stage be able to make up their own minds. This represents a serious misunderstanding of the nature and purpose of education, which is not about telling people what to think but about helping them to think better and to reflect on things which they may have taken for granted in the past. Hence, values improve the quality of education. Older lifelong learners may benefit from opportunities to evaluate changes in moral priorities in contemporary society; to reflect on the implications of new technologies, globalization, and increasing cultural diversity; to become aware of the growing emphasis on ethics in professional life; to think about how changing circumstances may affect moral decisions; and to reflect on how to deal with conflicting

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