MODULE

2
VALUES EDUCATION

Learning Objective: At the end of the module, the students are expected to:
1. To help students define the meaning of value in relation to
understanding human behavior.
2. To promote the students’ positive attitude towards self and
others.
3. To improve students’ outlook in adapting a positive value
system within the family, the church and the society.
4. To help students how to live and survive in a community
without losing his human dignity.
Methodology:
Lecture-discussion
Group dynamics

Requirements: Attendance 20%

Activities
Group 40%
Individual 40%
_______________
100%

Learning Content

1. Values Formation Through Community Service

2. The Meaning of Man as a Person
3. The Self
4. Where Values Come From
5. Core and Related Values
6. Seven Dimensions in Value Formation

Time Allotment: 3 hrs

VALUES FORMATION THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE

Values are said to be worth the importance we connect to different factors in our
lives. The word values come from the Latin word “valere” which means to measure the
worth of something. These are ideas and norms man considers relevant and good.

A value has been defined as any object, activity or frame of mind that a
person considers to be very important to his life. Unconsciously, values emerge as list
of priorities in a person’s life. However, in most cases, people have different priorities
depending on how they look at life and how they interpret survival. That is why it is
important to check what the youth values nowadays, because values taken together are
called a Value System which exists not only on individuals but to community as well. By
this, students will be of great help to the community where they will be assigned in
shaping a positive corporate culture.

Values are especially important to understanding human behavior. Conflicts

between them are often based on differences in values. When you seem to be at odds with
another person, take a look at how your basic values differ. And when you seem in
conflict with the members of the group, examine the group’s value system against your
own.

Values education is founded on a sound philosophy of the human person with all
its philosophical ramifications and implications. The supreme and overarching value that
characterizes education is HUMAN DIGNITY.

THE MEANING OF MAN AS A PERSON

The term person cannot be exclusively attached to human being since not all
persons are considered human beings and vice versa. To speak of man as being- with-
others is to speak of man as a person which also means that he is unique and has his
permanent trademark in the world. Since man is person, his “being-with” existence
means he is never alone in his survival in the world.

Man’s “being-with-others” can be viewed from two standpoints – the general and
specific. Generally, man’s “being-with-others” as a person is man’s fundamental “being-
with” to both things and man’s fellow human person. Specifically, man’s “being-with-
others” as a person is man’s irrefutable “being with” because in reality, man needs to co-
exist with fellow human beings.

Man’s co-existence with others does not require a learning process or experience
because it is inherent in his being as a person. However, the quality of his relationship
with others needs a process to make it worthy and lasting.
 Man establishes a relationship with his fellowman in three levels: I – it, I – he/she,
and I – thou. It is in this principle that a person is expected to manifest his Love of God,
of Oneself, of Neighbor, and of Country to evidently show his being and living with
others.

Likewise, a persons’ sets of values is not merely dictated by the need to

harmoniously live with others but should be governed by the biblical perspective that sets
the greatest commandment that stated in Matthew 22: 35-40 which says, “Love the Lord
your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind”, and, “Love your
neighbor as you love yourself”.

THE SELF

Everybody has an obligation to himself, but there are times that we are facing
difficulties in understanding these obligations. One of the reasons is how we understand
exactly what “self” is.

One way of understanding oneself is to consider it as a personal role that one

plays in the general drama of life. In the totality of human account, each person has his
own unique role to play because of the presence of individual differences. It is a role that
includes various responsibilities that are to be faced, decisions that are to be made,
relationships and involvements that are to be lived and work that is to be performed.

In understanding our selfhood there are certain moral obligations that arise. If a
person has a particular life to live then he has a basic responsibility toward that life. He
has the obligation to see that life is “lived” to its fullest. He should play his role as best as
he can and not neglect it.

WHERE VALUES COME FROM

Our personal values are formed in early childhood and are affected strongly by
both the values of our parents, the environment, the school, the church and the
government. The place and time of the first few years of our lives have a great effect on
the formation of our values.

CORE RELATED VALUES

Ideally, values should be consistently present in all the dimensions of human

existence. To attain such values is relatively hard but still achievable. Hence, each student
is encouraged to make sure that they know the different human dimensions and the values
needed to live peacefully and productively.
 DIMENSIONS VALUES

1. Physical Health
 Physical Fitness
 Cleanliness
 Harmony with Material Universe
 Art & Beauty

2. Intellectual Truth
 Knowledge
 Creative & Critical Thinking

3. Moral Love
 Integrity
 Honesty

 Self-worth
 Self-esteem
 Personal Discipline

4. Spiritual Spirituality
† Faith in God

5. Social Social Responsibility

 Mutual Love
Family
 Respect
 Fidelity
 Responsible Parenthood
Society  Concern for Others/Common Good
 Freedom/Equality
 Social Justice/Respect for Human Rights
 Peace/Active Non-Violence
 Popular Participation
 6. Economic Economic Efficiency & Thrift Conservation of Resources
 Work Ethics
 Self-Reliance
 Productivity
 Scientific and Technological Knowledge
 Vocational Efficiency
 Entrepreneurship

7. Political Nationalism
 Common Identity
 National Unity
 Esteem
 Commitment
 Civic Consciousness/Pride
 Bayanihan/Solidarity
 Loyalty to Country

References

Dela Cruz, Sonia-Gasilla, National Development via National Service Training

Program (CWTS & ROTC), 2005.