Role of integrated value education in the age of globalism: A review

Pages: 863-864
Uma Rani (Department of Psychology, SPW Degree & PG College, Tirupati, AP)

Value education is the process by which people give values to others. It can be an activity that can take place in any organization during which people are assisted by others, who may be older, in a position of authority or are more experienced, to make explicit those values underlying their own behavior, to assess the effectiveness of these values and associated behavior for their own and others’ long term well-being and to reflect on and acquire other values and behavior which they recognize as being more effective for long term well-being of self and others. There is a difference between literacy and education. Values education can take place at home, as well as in schools, colleges, universities, jails and voluntary youth organizations. There are two main approaches to values education; some see it as inculcating or transmitting a set of values which often come from societal or religious rules or cultural ethics while others see it as a type of Socratic dialogue (Bergmark, 2009) where people are gradually brought to their own realization of what are good behaviors for themselves and their community. Youth power is the driving force of a nation; if it moves in right direction. But now a day youth is adversely diverted through different immoral activities which does not only influence the present Indian society but also it stimulates the future generation of our civilization. Therefore, it is imperative to find out the solution of this crucial problem to establish India in the world of peace and harmony that is very much depends over the hand of youth generation.