Abstract
In the history of human civilization, India had been subjected to lot of transformation as a result of many foreign invasions. A glance of philosophical, historical, political and social aspects revealed that there was a major shift of value orientation from ancient past to present modern day. An attempt is made here by the researcher through this article “VALUE EDUCATION: PRESENT STATUS AND TRENDS” to analyse the impact of these value manifestations as a result of alien cultures on Indian education. Ancient India was rich in its spiritual and intellectual attainment. Ancient Indian educational thought helped man to understand the values and ideals of life and also made him to live in accordance with them.The concept of purushartha emphasised the right way of living . dharma (Righteousness), Artha (Wealth), Kama (Physical well being) and Moksha (Spiritual Freedom) were the four pursharthas. This shift has taken place in way of living from spiritual to materialistic of each and every individual gradually to alien cultural influence. In the changing scenario, the aims of education are redefined to prepare individuals for social and economic changes pertinent for national development, scientific and technological advancement, to guide and direct individuals to accept these changes and to receive benefit from such changes, to create a dynamic , non conformist and non conservative frame of mind in them. Social and educational needs are changed due to modernisation, westernization and industrialization. Modern educational thoughts, in free India, depicts the values of democracy, secularism, socialism and dignity of work on one hand, and justice , liberty, equality and fraternity on the other. Since the emphasis on value education is more on attitudinal development rather than knowledge or information about what is right or wrong, it is extremely difficult to develop valid and reliable evaluation tools and techniques for value development. There are various tools and techniques for evaluation of values among children of today like: Paper and Pencil Test, Observation Records, Documentary Evidence, Self Evaluation. Value crisis is growing at a faster speed than the galloping strides of Science. Hence despite man’s progress and material prosperity, peace and happiness will elude him because of the inward turmoil of feelings and attitudes. It is obvious that success in Value education / inculcation depends upon the enthusiasm and commitment of teachers and management/government.
Keywords
- Values
- Pursharthas
- Moksha
- Dharma
- Mangement
- Prosperity
How to cite
Baghel Dr. Anju (2020). Value Education: Present Status and Trends IPEM JOURNAL OF INNOVATION IN TEACHER EDUCATION, 5(1), 6–10.