VALUES EDUCATION

SIMON’S VALUES VOTING EXERCISE 4 BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES 4 PSYCHOLOGY LEARNING 4 GAMING AND SIMULATION 4 INQUIRY 4 CONCEPTS 4 GENERALIZATIONS 4 REFLECTION 4 VALUES CLARIFICATION 4 MORAL EDUCATION

VALUES 4 VALUES REPRESENT THE ULTIMATE REASONS PEOPLE HAVE FOR BEHAVING THE WAY THAT THEY DO. 4 VALUES GIVE DIRECTION TO LIFE; THEY ENABLE US TO DECIDE WHERE WE STAND.

TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO VALUES 4 1. MORALIZING OR VALUES INCULCATING –INDOCTRINATION 4 DISADVANTAGES: –WHICH SOCIETY SHOULD SCHOOLS SERVE? –ARE THERE UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED DEFINITIONS OF PATRIOTISM, DEMOCRACY, AND THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE?

TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO VALUES (CONT’D) 4 2. MODELING OR SETTING AN EXAMPLE: –I.E. TEACHER SERVES AS A MODEL 4 DISADVANTAGES: –MULTIPLICITY OF VALUE OPTION

FORCES CREATING CULTURAL ALTERNATIVES AND VALUE OPTIONS 4 1. SOCIAL CHANGE 4 2. MEDIA 4 3. REVOLUTION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 4 4. SURVIVAL PROBLEM

TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO VALUES (CONT’D) 4 3. VALUES NEUTRALITY OR LAISSEZ FAIRE –STUDENTS MUST BE LEFT ALONE TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN VALUES. 4 BUT… STUDENTS NEED HELP IN THIS PROCESS.

TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO VALUES (CONT’D) 4 4. VALUES CLARIFICATION: –DOES NOT PRESCRIBE VALUES, BUT RATHER IT EMPHASIZES A PROCESS APPROACH

VALUES CLARIFICATION MODEL THREE LEVELS OF TEACHING: 1. FACTUAL 2. CONCEPTUAL 3. VALUES

TEACHING “VALUES” RATED TOP GOAL BY OHIOANS

CONCEPT FACT VALUE

“IF THE FACTS ARE THE SEEDS THAT LATER PRODUCE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM, THEN THE EMOTIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE SENSES ARE THE FERTILE SOIL IN WHICH THE SEEEDS MUST GROW.” -- RACHAEL CARSON THE SENSE OF WONDER

VALUE QUESTIONS 4 DO YOU HAVE FAITH IN THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT? 4 WOULD YOU ADOPT A CHILD OF A DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUND? 4 WOULD YOU PREFER A CONTRACTUAL LICENSE, RENEWABLE EVERY 5 YEARS IF YOU WERE PLANNING A MARRIAGE? 4 HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE ON A DATE? 4 DOES RELIGION HAVE ANY MEANING FOR YOU? 4 WOULD YOU VOTE FOR A QUALIFIED WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT?

AMERICAN VALUE CONFLICTS CULTURAL ALTERNATIVES: 4 SOCIAL CHANGE 4 MEDIA 4 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 4 SURVIVAL PROBLEMS

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