VALUES
EDUCATI
ON
MODULE 2
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
At the end of the module, the students are expected to:
To help students define the meaning of value in relation to
understanding human behavior.
To promote the students’ positive attitude towards self and others.
To improve students’ outlook in adapting a positive value system
within the family, the church and the society.
To help students how to live and survive in a community without
losing his human dignity.
LEARNING CONTENT
Values Formation Through Community Service
The Meaning of Man as a Person
The Self
Where Values Come From
Core and Related Values
Seven Dimensions in Value Formation
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.
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.
DIMENSION VALUES
HEALTH
PHYSICAL FITNESS
1. PHYSICAL CLEANLINESS
HARMONY WITH MATERIAL HARMONY
ART AND BEAUTY
TRUTH
2. INTELLECTUAL KNOWLEDGE
CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING
LOVE
INTEGRITY
HONESTY
3. MORAL
SELF - WORTH
SELF - ESTEEM
PERSONAL DISCIPLINE
DIMENSION VALUES
SPRITUALITY
4. SPIRITUAL
FAITH IN GOD
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
MUTUAL LOVE
RESPECT
FIDELITY
RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD
5. SOCIAL
FAMILY CONCERN FOR OTHERS/COMMON GOOD
SOCIETY
FREEDOM/EQUALITY
SOCIAL JUSTICE/RESPECT FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS
PEACE/ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE
POPULAR PARTICIPATION
DIMENSION VALUES
Economic Efficiency & Thrift Conservation of Resources
WORK ETHICS
SELF RELIANCE
6. ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
VOCATIONAL EFFICIENCY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
NATIONALISM
COMMON IDENTITY
NATIONAL UNITY
ESTEEM
7. POLITICAL
COMMITMENT
CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS/PRIDE
BAYANIHAN/SOLIDARITY
LOYALTY TO COUNTRY
SELF-TEST:
To verify the students’ values as pertain to the entire dimension discussed above, the following
questions are posed to be answered individually.
How do you define values?
Write at least 10 values that you possess and rank them according to what you think is
important to you.
Do you agree that using “po” and “opo” and kissing the hands of our parents are signs of
respect and therefore should be preserved? Why? Explain briefly but concisely.
Do you believe in the saying that “kung ano ang puno ay siyang bunga?” Explain.
Explain “Values are caught and not taught.”
