Role of teacher education in value inculcation

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Amit Ahuja (University School of Education, GGSIP University, Delhi)

In a social scenario, the term value refers to whatever desired or sought, in some context, by an individual. The operational ideology of any society is reflected by its values. Values depict the agenda of any political regime, moral beliefs and religious practices of the life of citizens. In the present day scenario, the school stage is the most suitable platform to initiate the value inculcation among the future citizens that is the students. In schools, the teachers may be invited to deliberate upon their own experiences and share the same with others as values cannot be taught in vacuum. Concerning the curricular practices at the pre-service level of teacher education, through the provision of some ways or means, there may be concrete exposure for the students and they may be able to translate these reflective tendencies into practices. The co-curricular activities, at the pre-service level of teacher education, must take into account the truth that the humans, as social beings, are born on this earth with some values and it is the responsibility of the teachers to uncover them.