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Connecting With Your Values

The document discusses the formation and importance of values. It states that values are partially genetically determined and partially acquired through life experiences, with major influences including parents, teachers, friends, peers, role models, and culture. Values form the foundation of decision-making and influence perceptions of people and situations. Key values promoted by institutions include education, self-development, civic responsibility, and respect for others. Adopting values like tolerance and teamwork enables positive progress for individuals and society.

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Connecting With Your Values

The document discusses the formation and importance of values. It states that values are partially genetically determined and partially acquired through life experiences, with major influences including parents, teachers, friends, peers, role models, and culture. Values form the foundation of decision-making and influence perceptions of people and situations. Key values promoted by institutions include education, self-development, civic responsibility, and respect for others. Adopting values like tolerance and teamwork enables positive progress for individuals and society.

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Formation of Values

It is believed that a significant portion of one’s values is genetically acquired or determined.


The rest is acquired through experiences and situations faced. The major source of
formation of values is:
i) Parents
ii) Teachers
iii) Friends
iv) Peers
v) Role models
vi) Reference groups
vii) Culture

Importance of Values
Values are at the core of all decision making. Without teaching the simple value that hurting
others is wrong, you cannot expect anything you do to make a long-term difference. There is
no way to ever stop someone from hurting another person if that is what s/he really wants.
This is true in the workplace, on the street, on public transportation, or in schools and
colleges. The first and most significant step in ending violence is to stop people from
wanting to hurt others, and values are the way to achieve this. At their home as well as
schools/colleges they must be taught to honour the idea that humans are precious and
never should be hurt.
Values lay the foundation for understanding attitudes. The importance of values is discussed
as follows:
i) Personal value system influences one’s perception of individuals
ii) Personal value system influences one’s perception of situations
iii) Personal value system influences one’s decision-making process

A Core of Values
There is no such thing as a fully comprehensive list of desirable values which parents,
schools, colleges and corporates should address. Nevertheless, all these institutions are
expected to promote the following attitudes and behaviors which reflect a core of values
that are generally supported by the society.
Values relating to education
- Accepting the importance of learning and knowledge
- Encouraging curiosity and the questioning mind

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- Encouraging and rewarding effort and achievement
- Promoting logical and critical thinking based on evidence
- Demonstrating a commitment to truth
- Recognising the partnership between school, home and community in education
- Seeing education as a life-long process
These are the educational and academic values upon which schools/colleges as learning
institutions are based.

Values relating to self and others


- Accepting our own worth as individuals
- Accepting the importance of developing a personal belief and value system
- Showing initiative and accepting responsibility
- Working co-operatively with others
- Being honest and open in dealing with others
- Promoting the positive welfare of others
- Respecting different viewpoints and
- Being punctual and fulfilling commitments
These values reflect the commitment of schools and colleges to personal and social
development.

Values relating to civic responsibilities


- Being committed to democratic processes
- Developing pride in being an Indian and sharing in our rich and diverse heritage
- Being committed to international understanding and co-operation
- Actively contributing to the life of the wider community
- Conforming to the accepted rules and requirements of the school
- Showing respect for the rights and property of others
- Being committed to social justice and equal opportunity
- Rejecting casteism, sexism and other forms of prejudice
- Accepting lawful and just authority
- Actively supporting economic development and the conservation of environment
- Being committed to the importance and value of work
- Actively pursuing the peaceful resolution of conflict
These are the values which promote a cohesive, but dynamic and democratic society. These
values relating to education, self and others, and civic responsibilities should be embodied
within each school and college and are to be promoted through the curriculum.

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Power of Values
Each one of you is motivated to move your lives in certain directions. That motivation is
determined by the values you subscribe to.
Without values or beliefs, you would be mechanical-like beings, driven here and there by
the events of life. Without values, you would be creature-like, compelled to action solely by
your urges and passions.
Tolerance, openness, respect for individual and teamwork are several great human values.
While oneness, love, beauty and truth are some of the higher spiritual values that they
derive from. At certain points, the human and spiritual values come together and blend into
one another, expressing through spiritualized human values, such as selflessness, self-giving
and gratitude.
Values are expressions of emotionalized truths that when implemented energize whatever
they come in contact with, enabling the greatest positive results with the least efforts in the
shortest period of time – whether it is for the individual, a collective or society as a whole.
Thus, values are the nexus to our future progress.

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