To study the correlation between social values and self-

concept of secondary students

A Research Proposal submitted to

Indira Gandhi National Open University

For the degree of

MASTER OF ARTS (EDUCATION)

Name of the Supervisor Name of the Researcher

September 2018
School of Education
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan garhi, New Delhi-110068

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 1. TITLE OF THE PROJECT

“To study the correlation between social values and self-

concept of secondary students.”

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY

"Win anger by peace, arrogance by politeness, deception by rectitude and
greediness by contention, violence muit of human thought". Mahendra Kumar, 1960,
P.44

We are in an age of GLOBAL DISASTER, An extensive use of nuclear

weapons, violence, terrorism, massive exploitation of natural resources has spread out
in almost all part of the globe, consumerism is not allowing to think about the limited
resources of the earth and the needs of others. lrustration l lonel iness insecurity,
depression, aimlessness of life and erosion of values have covered all most all human
beings which in turn leading to drug addiction, alcoholism and suicide. News
channels are daily reporting, the examples of deteriorating values in society specially
in adolescent groups. It is quite surprising that school going children are involved in
destructive anti social activities. What we have to pause and reflect being taught in
our schools and what is being given by our society? What is the reason behind all
this?

The most prominent reason is the unbalanced growth of science and

technology which has given tremendous emphasis on the materialistic life and a very
little effort has been done for humanistic value like cooperation, concern for others,
tolerance, peace etc. Today cognitive domain is gaining more emphasis and
importance i.e. more emphasis is laid on competition, material prosperity and power.
We are not giving that much attention to affective domain i.e. we are not looking for
aesthetic detachment, spirituality, tranquility. We are just forcing our children to get
ready for the mental fight but not for a social life. As a result we are going ahead on
the path of economic development but at the same time we are much lagging on the
path of SELF life.

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According to the universal declaration of human responsibility: "No person
should lend support to any form of inhumane behaviour, but all people have a
responsibility to strive for the dignity and self esteem of all others". ( article 2)

It simply implies that throughout society there must be a pos itive environment for
developing SELF ESTEEM and thus SELF COCEPT of the children's. There is a
need to transform a diseased mind into a very fresh, inherent, healthy, natural and
attractive mind, and so we are in need of value education which demands for a
inquisitive search for all the true concept and the role of self. So there is a need to
explore SELF from positive and negative aspects of development. The role of
education in understanding and developing the SELF in relation to others and divine
self itself encapsulate the essence of values. A famous quotation of krishnamani
(1998) is worthwhile to be quoted here:

" By ourselves is evil done, By ourselves we pain endure,

By ourselves we pure, No one can and no one may,

We ourselves tread the path, Buddha's only show the wayst end itself in Non-violence,
peace is the ultimate, softest and sweetest fru."

3. RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY

" The social dimensions of education necessitates that education be essentially value
based" Ram murthi, 1990 P.23

The main function of educational research is to improve the educational process

through the refinement and extension of knowledge. The purpose of this study is to
find out the status of some of the variables which affects the social values. Among the
many factor the researcher chose self-concept because it has been seen that right from
the primary level, the self concepts of students especially secondary self concept
takes it forms which are mainly defined by society members. Here is an attempt to
find out the interrelationship between social values. rules or principles that govern our
social activities with which we are emotionally attached) and self concept. The effect
of gender, type of school and locality has also been considered to get a better insight
in the relation. So that the society members, school administrator, teachers, parents
can understand and orient self concept of students to develop positive sense towards
social values. Also while deciding any policy; policy maker must consider their

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interrelationship so that our students could become a self reliant person having a great
respect for social values. Teachers and school authorities could also plan different
activities in a manner that both self concept and social values of the students reaches
to its optimum level. Finally, this study will draw attention of different people
including academic committee to develop not only cognitive aspect but affective
aspect also. So that our students after getting education will have high self concept
and also high concern for social value.

" A person with values is not only a person who does the 'right' thing but also one
who does it too the 'right' reason''
A brief review of related literature
Azizi et.al. 2009, Students generally strive for academic excellence. Success or
failure in the academic arena can be either a good or bad experience for a student.
Academic performance is in general the yardstick used to measure the personal
success of an individual. Academic excellence in public examinations such as the
PMR (Lower Secondary Assessment) for instance is the success indicator of a
student. Excellent academic performance is the hope and pride of each and every
student. Besides, it is also the hope of parents, teachers and educational
institutions at large (Azizi et.al. 2009, Claes, M., Lacourse, E., Bouchard, C., &
Perucchini, P. 2003)
Kamaliah Nordin, 2006, With the current trends in the school system, which
emphasizes the student’s ability to express him in the teaching and learning
process, it is mandatory that a student acquire interpersonal communication skills.
A student who lacks interpersonal communication skills will not only experience
problems communicating but also during the learning process as discussion forms
the very basis of today’s teaching and learning process (Azizi Yahaya., &
Kamaliah Nordin, 2006).
Malti (2006) conducted a study on comparative study of Values, Intelligence and
Academic Achievement of students of UP, CBSE, and ICSE Board Schools. The
main objectives of the study have been well enunciated as 41 follows: to compare
the value patterns of students, the value patterns of Male and Female students, the
intelligence of students, the intelligence of Male and Female students, the
Academic achievement of students and the Academic achievement of Male and

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 Female students of UP Board, CBSE Board and ICSE Board. The Study has
compatibly employed Descriptive Survey Research.
Sood (2006) investigated the educational choice in relation to academic stress,
achievement motivation and academic self-concept. There were 90 boys and 90
girls. They varied in age from 17 – 19 years. The results reported that subjects
who had high achievement motivation had a high academic self-concept.
Sirohi (2004) conducted a study of under achievement in relation to study habits
and attitudes. A sample of 1000 elementary grade students were taken from X
composite schools of South District, Delhi. The results found that guidance
program lead to better results, improving the achievement of the students and thus
their potentialities are maximally utilized.

Research Question
a) To understand the level of self concept of a student in order to employ an
effective approach during the teaching and learning process, for instance when
questioning students.
b) To study focused on the relationship between self-concept and interpersonal
communication skills to academic achievement.
c) To find out the students’ levels of dimension of self-concept such as physical,
personal, moral and ethic, behavior, social satisfaction and identity and
interpersonal communication skills.
d) To find out the role of Parents who can help their offspring’s level of self
concept and interpersonal communication skills by paying more attention to
their children at home and encouraging them to improve their academic