BELIEFS AND VALUES

IB DP
 VALUES
• “When changing your values to match your genuine character, you
generate the positive energy required to attract people and a way of life
that matches your true vibration, and a life of peace and serenity will
become possible.” ~ Sherry Gaba

• What are values?

BELIEFS
 BELIEFS

• WHAT DO BELIEFS INVOLVE?

• WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF BELIEF?
• WHICH ARE MOST RELIABLE?
• WHAT ARE THE CORE ELEMENTS OF
BELIEVING?

• WHY ARE BELIEFS IMPORTANT?

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• WHAT ARE VALUES?
• WHY MAY PEOPLE BE SUBJECTIVE IN DEFINING WHICH VALUES
ARE “RIGHT”?
• WHERE CAN CONFLICTS COME FROM?
• WHAT TYPES OV VALUES CAN WE DEFINE?
• WHAT ARE SACRED VALUES?
• WHY DO VALUES VARY THROUGHOUT HISTORY?

• WHY ARE VALUES IMPORTANT?

 READING

• READ THE PRINTOUT AND THINK WHY OUR VALUES AND

BELIEFS ARE UNIQUE

• EXPLORE THE LIST OF VALUES AND SAY WHICH ONES YOU

WOULD CONSIDER NECESSARY FOR YOU
• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VALUES AND
BELIEFS?
 CONCLUSION
• 1.Beliefs are concepts that we hold to be true.
2.Beliefs may come from religion, but not always
3.Values are ideas that we hold to be important.
4.Values govern the way we behave, communicate and
interact with others
5.Beliefs and values determine our attitudes and opinions.
• Values and beliefs are slightly different.  Beliefs are a subset
of values; beliefs form values which shape attitudes.
 REFLECTION
• A belief refers to an internal feeling that an issue is true, whereas
values are limitations of what is right and what is wrong
• Values are the basis for our behavior and motivation. Values are
abstract and dynamic concepts that essentially describe what we
desire or seek to achieve. We may hold values such as “loyalty”,
“truthfulness”, “charity”, “service” and many others.
• Beliefs are judgments about ourselves and the world around us.
They are usually generalizations
 REFLECTION
• Both values and beliefs shape the way we view ourselves and the
world around us. They act as filters for our perceptions, and actually
create our maps of reality. They literally make our reality, and make
us who we are. For this reason:
• 1.Beliefs are concepts that we hold to be true.
• 2.Beliefs may come from religion, but not always.
• 3.Values are ideas that we hold to be important.
• 4.Values govern the way we behave, communicate and interact with
others
• 5.Beliefs and values determine our attitudes and opinions.
HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS
 FUNCTIONS OF VALUES
• 1. Values play an important role in the integration and fulfillment
of man’s basic impulses and desires in a stable and consistent
manner appropriate for his living.
• 2. They are generic experiences in social action made up of both
individual and social responses and attitudes.
• 3. They build up societies, integrate social relations.
• 4. They mould the ideal dimensions of personality and range and
depth of culture.
• 5. They influence people’s behaviour and serve as criteria for
evaluating the actions of others.
• 6. They have a great role to play in the conduct of social life.
• 7. They help in creating norms to guide day-to-day behaviour.
 FUNCTIONS OF BELIEFS
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Identities Explore the
nature of the self
and what it is to be
human.
• Lifestyles
• Health and well-being
• Beliefs and values
• Subcultures
• Language and identity
• What constitutes an identity?
• How do language and culture
contribute
to form our identity?
Sharing the
planet
Explore the challenges and
opportunities faced by
individuals and communities
in the modern world.
• The environment
• Human rights
• Peace and conflict
• Equality
• Globalization
• Ethics
• Urban and rural
environment
• What environmental and
social issues
present challenges to the
world, and
how can these challenges be
overcome?
• What challenges and
benefits does
globalization bring?
 VALUES
A young man in his twenties was seeing out from the train’s window
shouted…
“Father, look at the trees! They are going behind!”
The young man’s father smiled at the man and a young couple sitting
nearby, looked at the young man’s childish comment with pity.
Suddenly, the young man exclaimed again.
“Father, look at the clouds! They are all running with us!”
The couple couldn’t resist and said to the old man.
“Why don’t you take your son to a good doctor?”
The old man smiled and said:
“We did and we are just coming from the hospital. …
 VALUES
The old man smiled and said:
“We did and we are just coming from the hospital. My son was blind from
birth and he just got his vision today.”
Every person in the world has a story. Don’t judge people before you truly
know them. The truth might surprise you.
 MORAL VALUES
• 1. Have they been discovered or invented? In other words,
do moral values exist independently of us, are they entirely
a product of the human mind, or can there be a set of moral
values universally accepted?
• 2. Is morality relative or absolute?
• 3. Trace the infinite variety of moral values, rules and
behaviour around the world (+historical development)
• 4. Would you rather support Moral absolutism or Moral
relativism? Why?
• 5. Think of weak points for both concepts.
 UNDERSTANDING OUR PERSONAL
• https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/values/ VALUES
• https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/beliefs-lesson-plan/
• OBJECTIVES
• Students will be able to understand...

• how their personal values are related to leadership situations.

• the role of personal values in decision making.

• how values impact behavior in a group and as a leader.

 UNDERSTANDING OUR PERSONAL
• What in life is important to you? VALUES
• How do you know when something is important to you - that you value it? 
• When you say one thing, but do another, what does that tell people about your values?

• For which statements was it easy to decide where to stand? Which statements were more
difficult? Why?
• Were you surprised at how others ranked some of the values? Why or why not?
• what do you do when your values differ from your friends' values? 
• have you ever disregarded someone else's values when making a decision? What did you do?
What was his or her reaction?
 UNDERSTANDING OUR PERSONAL VALUES
• 1. Being happy with who I am
• 2. Having a family of my own
• 3. having lots of money
• 4. having freedom to do what i want
to do
• 5. being good at my job
• 6. having at least one close friend
• 7. choosing a career that interests me
• 8. becoming famous
• 9. going to college
• 10. being a leader
• 11. having lots of friends
• 12. being happy with my job or career
• 13. knowing others believe in me
• 14. being good at sports
• 15. having my own car
• 16. being able to make a difference
• 17. choosing a career that pays well
• 18. choosing a career that serves
others
• 19. being recognized for what i know
• 20. being a role model for others
• 21. being religious or spiritual
• 22. getting good grades
• 23. having good health
• 24. believing in myself
• 25. serving in the military
• 26. being popular and well liked
• 27. being able to reach goals i have set
• 28. being able to continue despite
difficulties
 UNDERSTANDING OUR PERSONAL VALUES
• How are the top five values similar or different?
• Is there any pattern or significant similarities in the
top five values?
• Why do you think these values came out as the
most popular?
• Is there any link between rules systems, such as the class
contract, school rules or government laws, and the most popular
values?
• Which other values do individuals think should be
there instead? Why? (Note: Often a clash of ideas is
actually about a clash of values. They are important
invisible engines in our lives generating our thinking
and behaving.)
 UNDERSTANDING OUR PERSONAL VALUES
• How did your ranking of values in this
activity support being effective? Explain.

• As a leader, how can you balance the

values of all the members of your group?
 WHAT ARE YOUR VALUES
•Have you thought about your value system lately?
•What are your personal values?
•What are your cultural values?

•What values and beliefs do you stand for?

•What would you be willing to defend?

•WHAT VALUES ARE ABSOLUTELY VITAL FOR YOU/

FOR OTHER PEOPLE?
•WHAT ARE LEAST IMPORTANT?