Importance of Value-based Teaching and Learning

Today, every parent wants to give the best education to their children, which is not just confined to the books but it goes much beyond that. Parents are looking at All round development for their children as that is essential in order to gain an edge in the current competitive global scenario.
You will not deny the fact that students in today’s fast-paced world lack the touch of humanity. This cut-throat world makes us prioritize laurels over goodness. This means at times you are compelled to take the wrong steps in order to reach your goal. This is a huge crisis where students lack moral values. Here’s where value-based education proves out to be the solution.
Why schools are focusing on value-based education with books? this is because education is a lifelong process of development of one’s personality which starts from school. It is the school’s responsibility to build a base for everything, for student’s careers as well as personalities.
Before moving on to how value-based education can benefit not only a student but also a school as a whole, let’s understand what is value-based education in brief.

What is Value-Based Education?
Value-based education is a teaching framework in which values are taught both in the classroom through roll-plays and textbooks as well as outside through live examples. It is taught unconditionally by a teacher who wholeheartedly believes in nourishing her/his students with values that will help in the overall wellbeing of their students. Value-Based Education provides a successful environment for not only teaching but also learning the full range of academic, social and interpersonal skills.

Teaching Value education benefits the school in various ways as mentioned below:
a. An important outcome for the school is having a more settled environment that enhances quality teaching and enables teachers to raise the bar for student’s performance.
b. Students show an increased attentiveness in class and a greater capacity to work independently.
c. Students also assume more responsibility for their own learning by asking questions frequently and work together more cooperatively.
d. Additionally, Students put more effort in their schoolwork and take more pride in their efforts.
e. Students become more tolerant and cooperative in their interactions making the classrooms and playgrounds become safer and more harmonious.
f. Through value-based education, we can develop the children into people with strong character and values who know how to utilize their knowledge for the advantage of mankind.

How Value-Based Education Benefits Students?
a. Students in the longer run can understand their work and their lives more deeply.
b. Value-based Education promotes effective learning and underpins continuous improvement of personal, social, moral and economic well-being. it is considered as a valuable investment in individual capability promoting self-responsibility for self and its product.
c. Explicit teaching of values provides a common ethical language while emphasizing interpersonal behavior. It also provides a mechanism for self-regulated behavior.

How Value-Based Education Helps In Attaining Future Life Goals?
Value-based education is critical in developing an individual and assists him/her lifelong in many ways:
a. It gives a positive direction to the students to mold their future positively and even assists them to know the purpose of their life.
b. It teaches them socially acceptable behavior and ways to complete various daily tasks that can be beneficial to individuals as well as the people around them.
c. Value education also helps individuals to become more and more responsible and sensible.
d. It helps them to understand the perspective of life in a better way and lead a successful life as a responsible citizen.
e. It also helps them to evolve as an individual with strong relationships along with the family as well as with friends.
f. It develops a conducive character and helps you develop a mature personality as a person.
g. Value education develops a positive view of life in the student’s mind making him a successful and giving back to life person.

Clearly, value-based education is essential for the holistic development of a child. Value education develops not only a well-balanced individual with a strong character and value but also makes them a socially acceptable individual. Nelson Mandela rightly said once: “Education is the most powerful weapon through which you can change the world”. Here, he focused on both academic education as well as moral value education.

Thus, in a nutshell, when Values Education is explicit, a common language is established among not only the students and staff but also their respective families. Additionally, value education leads to a greater understanding of the targeted values and also channelizes positive focus on what behavior is acceptable and what is not. At Shri. Harshad C. Valia International School we believe in not only churning out intelligent but also value-driven students making them ready for life’s challenges. Not sidelining the importance of co-curricular activities along with books/studies as they contribute to a student’s overall well-being.