Content text UHV Unit 1 & 2.pdf
UNIT1 Q.Whatdoyoumeanbyvaluesorhumanvalues? or Whatisvalueeducation?Whythereisaneedofvalueeducation? or Howdoesvalueeducationhelpsinfulfillingone'saspirations? ANS. Characterorientededucationthatinstilsbasicvaluesandethnicvaluesin one’spsycheiscalled‘ValueBasedEducation’.Thesubjectthatenablesusto understand‘whatisvaluable’forhumanhappinessiscalledvalueeducation.Value educationisimportanttohelpeveryoneinimprovingthevaluesystem thathe/she holdsandputsittouse.Once,onehasunderstoodhis/hervaluesinlifehe/shecan examineandcontrolthevariouschoiceshe/shemakesinhis/herlife.Value educationenablesustounderstandourneedsandvisualizeourgoalscorrectlyand alsohelpstoremoveourconfusionsandcontradictionsandbringharmonyatall levels.Italsohelpsremoveourconfusionsandcontradictionsandenablesusto rightlyutilizethetechnologicalinnovations. Valuesform thebasisforallourthoughts,behavioursandactions.Onceweknow whatisvaluabletous,thesevaluesbecomesthebasis,theanchorforouractions. Wealsoneedtounderstandtheuniversalityofvarioushumanvalues,becauseonly thenwecanhaveadefiniteandcommonprogramforvalueeducation.Thenonlywe canbeassuredofahappyandharmonioushumansociety. Q.Whatarethebasicguidelinesforvalueeducation? Ans: Thesubjectthatenablesusto understand ‘whatisvaluable’forhuman happinessiscalledvalueeducation.Inordertoqualifyforanycourseonvalue education,thefollowingguidelinesforthecontentofthecourseareimportant: •Universal: Itneedstobeapplicabletoallthehumanbeingsirrespectiveofcast, creed,nationalities,religion,etc.,foralltimesandregions. •Rational: Ithastoappealtohumanreasoning.Ithastobeamenabletoreasoning andnotbasedondogmasorblindbeliefs. •Naturalandverifiable: Ithastobenaturallyacceptabletothehumanbeingwho goesthroughthecourseandwhenweliveonthebasisofsuchvaluesitleadstoour happiness.Itneedstobeexperientiallyverifiable,andnotbasedondogmas,beliefs orassumptions. •Allencompassing: Valueeducationisaimedattransformingourconsciousness andliving.Hence,itneedstocoverallthedimensions(thought,behaviour,workand realization)andlevels(individual,family,society,natureandexistence)ofhumanlife andprofession.