Definition of Values

ALMA L. AXIMOSO
TEACHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Values

transcendent beliefs and moral precepts one learns from religion, parents, and
friends
Objective, universal truths and standards that governs man’s decision,
motivations, conduct, and aspirations.,
Moral values- are universal truths that holds to be good and important, it
transcends at all times, valid for all religion, race, and all nations-
It unite strangers, families, nations of all humanity with God.
Kinds of Values

 A. absolute moral values- no human being is exempted, mankind are to

uphold and live by them during his lifetime
 Ex. Respect, dignity, truth, justice, peace, solidarity, freedom, life, work,
and other abstract characteristics of man

 B. Cultural moral values- behavioral values, inner personal responses or

incentives which prompt an individual to act in a certain way
 - these are man’s views, attitudes, inner senses, emotions, motives,
experience, trainings, customs, and traditions.
 -transmitted to interpersonal life or relationships
Value of a Teacher

 Influence our learners

 Shape lives
 Motivates and drive learners to be the best they can be
 Responsible to foster values
 Caring values-based atmosphere in the classrooms
*But teacher has to developed his total personhood-physical, intellectual,
emotional, psycho-social and spiritual dimensions
My family and the social instituion

Agents of Socialization
a. Family
b. School
c. Religion
d. Peers
e. Mass Media
Activity

 What are the influences of the Agents of socialization in your life?

 Individual task

Institution Influences
FAMILY
SCHOOL
RELIGION
PEERS
Mass MEDIA