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Education in ValuesStrategies and Challenges

for Value Education

Prof. Prasad Krishna


Department of Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology Calicut

OUTLINE

Introduction
Values
Value Based Spiritual Education (VBSE)
Strategies to Implement VBSE
Meditation for Regulation of Mind
Challenges
Conclusions

INTRODUCTION

Past Education Scenario


Education imparted by Rishis/Maharishis
Gurukulavasam
Rishis were trikalajnanis-knowing everything from the
past, present and future as well as knowing everything that is to be known
from the past, present and future. In a sense, therefore, they imparted
knowledge coming from the past, they imparted knowledge from the
present based on their own spiritual experiences and in a sense, imparted
knowledge of the future from their own vision of the distant future in which
they alone had access.

Joint Family System-great deal of care, love and well


being. The old received as much care and attention as the very young and
the children were shared by all as a sort of common wealth, and a source
of joy and happiness . Story Telling have always been an effective way of
presenting values, concepts and ideas to children and adults alike.

Present Education Scenario


There is supposedly more Education now,
but there is also more Corruption

more Greed
more Selfishness
more Poverty
Lack of sincerity and integrity.

Why?

Because, now
Education is
- synonymous with
a) Examination
b) Employment &
c) Empowerment
Unfortunately it no more stands
for
a) Emancipation
b) Ennoblement and
c) Evolution

Education Today
Non-existence of gurukulasampradaya as well as joint
family system has adversely affected the present education
scenario.
Absence of a holistic approach and an imbalanced growth
of knowledge dealing only with external world around us
and not related to the inner-self of an individual.
Misdirected educational system --- instead of developing a
person as a humane human being it is only directed
towards superficial, surface level achievements.
Designed purely for money-making and not for manmaking and only promotes negative qualities like jealousy,
hatred and rivalry instead of virtues like kindness,
compassion and honesty .

Then, what exactly is the


true meaning of

Education

Does Education
Make one wiser? Happier? Contented?
Make one a better human being?

Or is there something more to


Education?
Yes, of course, education is not just
this.

Then what is Real education?


What should be its role?

Education
Is not mere stuffing of facts.
Education is for the actualization of the
potential already in children.
Education is really the process of removing
the ignorance that is covering our inner
knowledge, which is absolute, which is
perfect, which is eternal, which is supreme.
(Chariji)
Education is for a Holistic LIFE and not for a
mere living.
Education needs to be enriched with VALUES.

Now, to understand the


concept of

Value based
Spiritual Education,
Education
We must first see what Values
really mean.

What are Values ?

Values are Standards


or Principles Considered important in life
Values
coming from
within

Being
Practiced

Values From within


1.Love
2.Kindness
3.Compassion
4.Mercy
5.Sympathy
6.Empathy

Values to be Practised
1.Punctuality
2.Discipline
3.Obedience
4.Behaviour
5.Conduct
6.Character

Why Values?
Values bring quality and meaning to life
Values give a person his identity and character
Values act as guidelinesthey tell him what he
should and should not do.
They make us realize that

WHAT WE ARE
Is more important than

What We Have

Education in Values or
alue education helps in developin

Character
Good conduct
Moral Integrity
Self Discipline

Compassion
Love for all living beings
Responsibility

and many other positive qualities in the students.


And above all

It makes them feel better about themselves!

Andastimegoeson,
Itbecomesasecondnaturetothemtobe
disciplined,punctualetc.
Theiracademicperformancegoesup.
Andtheyareabletospend
moretimeonlearning.

Role of Value Education


In spite of all this, Value education is not
given enough prominence in the curriculum.
Is it because it is not a course which can be
tested and graded?
Is it because the result of the teaching
cannot be seen immediately?
Or is it because we think students will learn
the values somehow or the other and it is
not our responsibility?

Whose responsibility is it anyway?


Isnt imparting values the responsibility of parents?
Yes, it is. But teachers and schools play a BIG
role too.
Students spend more time in the campus .
Campus forms the bridge between home and
the society.
It is in schools and later in the colleges that
students learn how to behave in the society.
It is in schools & colleges that a good value
system can be nurtured.

Role of Government
National Education Policy of our
government insist on establishing a
Centre for Value Education in all
universities and institutes of higher
education with the sole purpose of
imbibing human values in their
campuses

But, Activities of CVE ?


Limited to mere conduct of expert
lectures/discourses on values, ethics, morality
education etc. and/or indulging in
community/social service.
There is no conscious effort made anywhere to bring
about internal change in an individual. Anything
good must sprout from inside so that the external
body can reflect the beauty of it in all its glory.
This harmony between inner and external process is
termed as Spiritual Civilisation

So, what is needed?


There is an urgent need for change changing from
what we are to what we have to become;
Change from ambitions to aspirations. The
importance and urgency of change must be brought
forth through our education system.
We need education to understand the value of
education and the value of further education.
Since values are caught rather than taught, it is
imperative to devise other meaningful and
pragmatic strategies to help in personal evolution,
embracing all aspects of existence.

Education in Values
Now that the holistic vision of life-oriented
education was found to be insufficient for the
upliftment of mankind, Values in education
peeped its existence in the educational
scenario.
But this has proved to be a futile attempt and a
shift has been made to "Education in Values".
This, in other words means, the imparting of
Value Based Spiritual Education, abbreviated
as VBSE

Where does Value education fit


into the curriculum?
Everywhere

Students are not born with a set of values.

Students unconsciously imbibe all kinds of values from their


parents, teachers and peers, all the time. So, in a sense,
values are more Caught than Taught.

Still, they do need guidance to help them learn the right values.

This guidance goes on all through the curriculum, all through


the day, by all those who come in contact with them.

It is not a one mans job.

Why Value Based


Spiritual Education?
Spirituality is the art and science of Divine
remembrance.
i.e., doing everything in the remembrance of
God so that anything we do has a thought of
divinity attached to it. This motivates us to
keep the highest goals in all aspects of living
and prevents us at all times from doing
anything wrong.
Therefore it is necessary that our students are educated in
spiritual values.

Basics of

Value Based
Spiritual
Education

Catch Them Young


Parents,
teachers,
family, school,
environment,
friends,
society,
religion - all
these wield a
great
influence on

Catch Them Young


Physical
deviations
games, yoga,
dance,
gymnastics
etc.to teach
All these help
them the values for

Catch Them Young

Academics and Cocurricular activities, both


help in teaching values.

Catch Them Young


Meditation, Value
Based
Education,Music, Self
analysis, Positive
affirmations and
Resolutions help in

Catch Them Young


The suggestions and
words spoken by the
parents and others affect
the character and good
conduct of a child and
even babies.
- Babuji

Experience,
appreciate and
understand
The learned have only
read the books.
The practical man has
tasted the spirit of the
books.

Experience,
appreciate and
understand
The learned
teachers are like
sign posts by the
road, to tell you

Experience,
appreciate and
understand

One
who
can
express has not
experienced
and
one
who
has
experienced
cannot express.

Thoughts and Destiny


Watch your Thoughts : they become
Words.
Words : they become Action.
Actions : they become Habits.
Habits : they become
Character.
Character : it becomes your
Destiny.

Present Situation
Only Materiality
M
M
M
M

The Saints
Only Spirituality
M

S
S
S
S

Equilibrium
M
M

S
S

Progress
M
M

SS

Union (Yoga)
MS

M- materiality

S- spirituality

"Thereisnothinginacaterpillarthat
tellsyouit'sgoingtobeabutterfly."

Thinkabouttheincrediblechangethat
occursduringmetamorphosis...
FromcrawlingtoFlying..
FromdulltoSpectacular...
Fromfat&sluggishtoLightandAiry.

WhatmetamorphosiscanYOUgo
through?

Nothingistoogreatachangeforyou...
light&airy....
spectacularbeauty...
sheddingone"persona"and
BECOMINGtotallynew!
YoucanchangeintoANYTHING!

Butwhatdoesthecaterpillardobeforeit
becomesabutterfly?
It takes some time to "cocoon". Time to
isolateitself.
Perhaps if each of us would take some
"cocooning" time, we would begin our
ownmetamorphosis!

LivinglifeasanadventureisFUN
livinglifeinboredomisNOFUN.
Findingawayormakingawaywhen
othersdonotseeoneisFUN.
Acceptingthatthereisjustnowayis
NOFUN

Turningyourdreamsintoreality
isFUN...
LivinginadreamworldisNOFUN.

Grabbinganopportunitywhenit
presentsitselfisFUN...
Lettinganopportunitygobyis
NOFUN.
Whichchoiceareyougoingto
make?

Apersonstartstolivewhenhecan
live outside himself." -- Albert
Einstein
To solve a problem get out of the
problem-Chariji
Beaguestatyourhome-Chariji

"It is not enough to be busy, so


are the ants. The question is:
whatarewebusyabout?"

Agoal,
aloveand
adream
giveyoutotalcontrol
overyourlife.

Value Education will


help
1. The Need to Understand
Oneself
2. Management of Self
3. Decision Making
4. Personality Development

1. The Need to
Understand Oneself
a) Who Am I ?
b) What is my goal ?
c) How should I proceed
towards my goal ?

2. Management of Self

a)Time Management
b)Stress
Management
c) Life Management

3. Decision Making
a) What is good for me ?
b) How to make decisions ?
c) Co-operation and Coordination

4. Personality
Development
a) What is Personality ?
b) How should one develop
personality ?
c) How should I mould
myself ?
d) Facing situations

Strategies to Implement VBSE


Value Education could and should take place
all the time at schools and the following
approaches can help to focus on it.
Independentapproach teaching core values
Integratedapproach teaching values with the curricular
subjects
Subtleapproach Being a good role model and teaching
with love

ApproachtoVBSE
Independent Approach
-

Prayer
Meditation
Positive Resolutions
Bhajans / Songs
Value Education classes
Stories
Self Introspection
Yogasana

ApproachtoValueEducation
Integrated

Approach

Curricular Subjects
Cocurricular
English
Dance
Language Music
Maths Drawing
Sciences Craft
Humanities
Games

ApproachtoValueEducation
Subtle
Role
Role
Role
Role

of
of
of
of

Approach

Teacher
School
Parents/Family
Society

Independent Approach
Teacher directed activities
Individual activities by students
Group activities like games, exhibitions, discussions, role-play, debates,
dramatization, making collages etc.
And more effectively through specific, special time slots allotted in the time
table

The Independent approach


uses this special time to inculcate
values in a deliberate manner.

How to make VBSE classes interesting?


Many think Value education classes can only be preachy
and boring--it is so full of Dos and Donts!
Yet it need not be so.
How about making the classes fun filled and interesting?
Even more interesting than the regular classes?

Try out some of the ways Story telling.


Songs and poemsuse folk songs and action songs
Comprehension exercisesusing the media, picture
comprehension

Let the students use their Head,


Heart and Hands!

ActivitiesusingtheirHead
Solving riddles and puzzles, Dramatization,
Role play, Discussions and debates etc.

ActivitiesusingtheirHeart
Music, Games, etc.

Activitiesusingtheirhands
Drawing illustrations and colouring, poster making, making
models and collages, craft work etc

Andmanymore!

Integrated Approach

This is a recent development, where the common spiritual and


behavioural values are taught, while a course is being taught. This
means that each and every teacher who teaches a course must
incorporate values in each of the topic

Integration is possible in both curricular and co-curricular


courses.

In this integrated approach, the student will neither forget the


course nor the value. For example, while teaching about
pendulum and motion, it can be correlated to mind, desires and
contentment.

In chemistry, cause and effect value can be taught while


teaching balancing of reactions.

Teaching of science should get humanized, eg; In the lessons


of human physiology/biology, heart and brain should be
studied not simply as pumping stations and memory control
towers but as seats of love, feelings, emotions, conscience
the qualities that mankind is characterised by.

Subtle Approach
The most effective, though difficult to
comprehend or integrate.
Based on the fact that Values are caught
and not taught.
Parents, teachers, peers, family and
society influence the student and his
behaviour. Parents and teachers must
regulate their minds.
Parents have to be wise enough to know
that My child is mine; nevertheless it has
its own existence. It has a tendency of
growth and let me allow it grow.

Subtle approach
We teach who we are!
Actions speak louder than words.
Students learn values from What we are than
from What we say.
They also pick up hidden and unintended
values from
what is said and not said
what is done and not done!

What is the role of the


Teacher?
Asasubstitutemotherandarolemodel,
should have a positive, healthy attitude and
therightvalues
abalancedemotionaloutlook
a regulated mind which is able to think
clearlyandanswerwithoutanyambiguity

What is the role of the Teacher?


should
help the students achieve their full potential
and bring out the best in them.
be able to lead them towards a better
tomorrow.
Most important of all---MUST BE LOVING
AND SINCERE!
Yes, it is a tall order but it is BIG
responsibility too!

Subtle approach teaching with


LOVE
Love is of paramount importance.
Love is the core value. It leads to
understanding, sympathy, empathy,
consideration, care, sacrifice etc.
A teacher who approaches any subject with
love, wins over the hearts of his/her wards.
Love is the catalyst which grooms them into a
complete human being

A TEACHER IS AND CAN BE THE


PIVOT OF THE SCHOOL
It is said that

An excellent teacher inspires


A good teacher explains
An average teacher teaches &
A bad teacher complains!
Which category do I belong?

Need of the hour


Based on life oriented value based spiritual
curriculum and love based approach the
process ofeducationinthismillenniumshould
consistofthefollowingfourstages
Knowledge which is taught
Knowledge gained through intuition
Knowledge gained through revelation
Ultimate knowledge that comes from within
ourselves through meditation- yogic practice.

Meditation for
regulation of mind

What is
Meditation
and what is
the purpose
of
Meditation?

Meditation may be defined as


the continuous thinking of
something, or about
something. In a sense,
therefore, anybody who is
thinking continuously of
something may be said to be
involved in meditation.

Meditation is a process. It is
a process which we
undertake to reach a
destined goal, a
predetermined goal.
Meditation is a training to
apply the mind for the
purpose of regulating the

The whole purpose of


meditation is to make a
reversal in this fact of life
that the mind is our
Master. We have to
become the Master of our
mind. It is only this much,
just reverse it.

As one meditates so one


becomes. It therefore follows
that what we meditate upon
we get or become and
inversing this formula, if we
want to become something
we must meditate upon that
and nothing else.

Therefore if our aim is


Realisation
or
the
attainment of one-ness
with the Ultimate, the
object of meditation must
be that Ultimate and
nothing else.

We can learn to meditate


only by meditating.
Meditate every day.
Because by doing it again
and again, we
progressively increase our
ability to take command
of the situation.

Challenges to VBSE
implementation

Challenges-1
Religion vs. Spirituality

First and foremost challenge in imparting spiritual education is that even


educated, intelligent people often confuse religion with spirituality.
Spirituality is no way related to religion and in fact spirituality begins
where religion ends.
Spirituality aims at integrating the entire humanity under the umbrella of
universal brotherhood irrespective of ones religious background, beliefs,
caste, creed, sex, language, race, country etc.,
Religions have caused several wars and resulted in division of mankind.
Whereas religions survive on the weapons of fear and temptation,
spirituality thrives on love alone.
Thus there cannot be any resistance from any corners to implement a
spiritual education programme.

Challenges-2
The five levels of education
Information should not be confused with
knowledge, knowledge should not be confused with
wisdom, wisdom should not be confused with
intuition, and intuition should not be confused with
revelation. There are so many levels in this world
today. Information, knowledge, wisdom, intuition, and
revelation are the five levels of education.
Unfortunately in todays schools only the lowest of
these five levels is taught. The higher levels seem to
have no meaning, and they are not even referred to.

Challenges-3
The myth about Yoga
Many mistake yoga for yogasanas, which is only Hatha Yoga for
nourishment of body and to some extent mind.
The purpose of any yogic practice should be nourishment of the soul
and the sole aim of such practice being complete oneness with
the Ultimate and nothing short of it.
Perhaps yoga is the most misused/misinterpreted term today, not
only in the west, but in our country too.
Today we have yoga for dance, yoga for sex, yoga for sports, yoga
for diabetes cure, yoga for ladies etc.
The crux of the problem lies in our poor understanding of the real
goal of human life.
Many are happy with temporary goals of peace, curing of diseases,
mukthi or just concentration. In todays fast life, people expect
miracles to happen in their life without any self-effort.

Challenges-4
The notion that spirituality is for the old and
weak
Many have the wrong notion that spirituality is
meant for the old and for the mentally,
physically and financially disadvantaged lot.
Ancient wisdom says any spiritual practice must
start from the conception stage and we have
the stories of Abhimanyu and Prahlada from
the puranas.
Success in any spiritual practice requires strong
will power coupled with unalloyed devotion and
obedience to the Spiritual guide and it is truly
meant for the strong only.

Challenges-5
Is Spirituality commercialised?
It is unfortunate that in a country like India with her glorious past,
there have been umpteen number of yogic systems/organisations who
have made a good amount of money by cheating and exploiting the
public in the disguise of so called spirituality.
The huge gathering of people around such notorious gurus also
fascinates most of us and we often think majority opinion is always
correct.
The need of the hour is non-religious, non-profit making spiritual
organisations whose only aim is spiritual welfare of its people and not
money-making.
Wherever and whenever wealth, power and fame accumulates, there
can be only inflated ego, fear, insecurity, distrust and not to talk of
spirituality.

Challenges-6
Where can I find a role model
Since the most effective approach to VBSE is the subtle approach, both parents
and teachers have to be role models. Therefore both parents and teachers must
regulate their mind by practicing meditation and evolve spiritually.
A real teacher continues to learn all his life. Common understanding is the most
important because, unless we lay a ground for common understanding, neither
can the teacher understand the student nor can the student understand the
teacher. Understand in the real sense, not with the head but with the heart.
A good teacher must recognize and attack the unwillingness, subdue it, entice
the owner of that unwillingness out of his or her shell into which they have
wrapped themselves. And the battle is won.
It is same with parents too. Between the teacher and the student, there must be
flow of love from the teacher to the student, reciprocated by obedience from the
student to the teacher. The teacher must become an example, which the students
can follow, not someone the students are afraid of.

Challenges.
Once again we come back to the need for
spirituality for all, none can escape it.
It is a matter of utter shame for a country
like India to see her educated people
debating on whether one need spirituality
in their life or not.
Spirituality is essential as log as we are here
and there is no question of any choice
about it.

Conclusions

Conclusions-1
Right education should cater to an individual's
intellectual, physical, emotional, social and spiritual
development.
Education should help him/her evolve into a person
with holistic vision and growth, culminating in
preparing a happy future for an integrated
mankind.
The means to achieve these objectives are
presented in this paper, the most effective being
the subtle approach.

Conclusions-2
Some of the challenges in the implementation
of VBSE are presented.
Most of these problems can be overcome,
once we educate the student community on
the need for spirituality in their life and for
that, the educators themselves must be role
models.
It is earnestly hoped that academic
institutions interested in imparting value
based
spiritual
education
work
in
collaboration with a non-profit, purely spiritual
organisation for training their teachers who in
turn will train their students.

Conclusions-3
With these humble beginnings, we can help in
the fulfilment of the aim of regenerated,
revitalised, spiritualised youth which alone
can lead India in the consortium of nations in
this world.
To talk of material leadership is a farce and a
travesty of the truth.
India can lead the world only in spiritual matters
and this is possible only through a value
based spiritual education.

Thank you for having


given some of your
precious time to view
my presentation.

Have a nice
day!

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