Values Education

Values education is the process by which people give values to others. There are two main approaches to values education, some see it as inculcating or transmitting a set of values which often come from societal or religious rules or cultural ethics while others see it as a type of Socratic dialogue where people are gradually brought to their own realization of what is good behavior for themselves and their community. Some researchers use the concept values education as an umbrella of concepts that includes moral education and citizenship education. DepEd Core values education taught and process gradually and integrate to the curriculum topic. (Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan and Makabansa). Themes that values education can address to varying degrees are character, moral development, Religious Education, Spiritual development, personal development, social development and cultural development. Morals as socio-legal-religious norms are supposed to help people behave responsibly. However not all morals lead to responsible behavior. Values education can show which morals are "bad" morals and which are "good". The change in behavior comes from wrestling with questions about right and wrong. Character education is an umbrella term generally used to describe the teaching of children in a manner that will help them develop as personal and social beings. Good, caring relationships are a key ingredient within the family unit as they encompass such skills as the ability to listen, communicate, recognize and respond to the needs and feelings of others, as well as helping to understand children’s behavior.

My Personal Reflection

 Every individual has a set of his or her own personal values that dictates how he or she reacts to situations in life and these values also define who he or she is. Values are significant and lasting viewpoints and principles shared by most people in society in regard to what is morally right or wrong. Some examples of values are integrity, loyalty, honesty, virtue, love, selflessness, and zeal. Values can sometimes sway an individual’s actions and can act as general rules for every circumstance. Individuals in society will often have his or her own set of values that serve as an individual blueprint that defines who he or she is and is the influencing factor in how he or she lives, behaves, speaks, and believes. My core values are honesty, love, trust, spirituality or prayerful life, family, accomplishment, respect, and perseverance. My most important value is family, no matter where an individual is or what an individual goes through in life I believe that family should always be first. Every family has ups and downs and I firmly believe that a family should always help each other and should not become enablers. The second most important value to me is love; a person must first love his or herself before others can love him or her. I love myself first and my love for others is very true and does not falter if someone does me wrong. I truly believe an individual can still love a person if the person hurts him or her in any kind of way, but the individual can love that person from a distance. My faith is very strong in my life because without God I would not be here and I know that his love will take me further than what man can. I also believe in honesty because if I am honest with people they will trust me. One cannot have honesty without trust.  The other values that I have added to my value system are time and confidentiality or absolute secrecy.

Valuing Time - Time has become one of my values because everything that I do and every decision that I make depends upon how I allocate my time to perform and complete my tasks. I also consider time to be an important value because I must consider it when I create and plan schedules to show when project assignments are to be completed. And, time plays an important role on my job when I have to set up my works loads, calls with out-of-town deliveries, customers to finalize decisions transactions and accounting jobs.

Valuing Confidentiality - Confidentiality has become one of my values because it is important for me to be aware of how I handle confidential information. Confidentiality is very important in my line of work because many of my job assignments involve classified information that is authorized for only certain individuals to handle. Confidentiality is also crucial because I must always be mindful of whom I discuss my job responsibilities with, conceal classified documents properly. I always adhere Absolute secrecy practice in my Legion of Mary Apostolate were information gathered during our home and hospital visitations are closely intact within the four walls of our meeting hall which take discipline and trust of oneself. We handle personal information coming from our clientele in whom catechism is done especially marital problems.          

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                                     Innnn             =   Innate traits develop and practice by our daily endeavor tu                                        turn into mature individual and responsible. person. Family                                  =    My family structure were I am and grown affects my                                                      my social norm towards my dealing of people in my own com             c                             my community.      

                                                           =  = illustrates as works of mercy, obedience and                                                                                                                              humility                                                    humility that lead to sainthood.