Devi Rambaran

Diploma in Teaching of Life Skills with

Literacy
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October 2013
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Participants would be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of values.
Analyze the four different types of core
values.
Identify which of the four types their value
system is predominant.
Practice effectively the gift of listening and
giving affirmative feedback without
judgment and advice.


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Coping Skills: understanding self

Social Skills: listening skills, communication,
interpersonal relations

Cognitive Skills: Decision making

Literacy Skills: Read Aloud
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Discuss with your elbow partner the video
that you just viewed.



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What do you know about values?

What would you like to know about values?
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Power point and projector

White board

Poster

Handouts
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Values: a set of beliefs of an individual or
culture. They are subjective and vary
across people and cultures and can change
over time.
There are four types of values:
1. Intrinsic
2. Moral
3. Instrumental
4. Aesthetic

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Other names for intrinsic value are terminal
value, essential value, principle value or
ultimate importance.

It is something that is fundamentally good in
and of itself.

Examples: happiness and morality
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A moral value is a universally accepted
ethical principle that governs the day to day
living of life. These principles are important
in maintaining unity, harmony and honor
between people.
Moral values are usually communal and
shared by the public in general, thus if there
is no agreement among community members
no moral values will be established.
These values are acquired by teaching from
parents and society.
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Or extrinsic value, the value of which
depends on how much it generates intrinsic
value.
They are the means of achieving other
values.

For instance, happiness has intrinsic value,
while having a family may not have intrinsic
value, yet be instrumental, since it generates
happiness. Intrinsic value is a term employed
in axiology the study of quality or value.
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This types refers to the judgment of taste
and sentiment.

Aesthetic value is the value that an object,
event or state of affairs possesses in virtue of
its capacity to elicit pleasure(positive value)
or displeasure (negative value) when
appreciated or experienced aesthetically.
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Recall and record in your journal, an
instance in the recent past (2 to 5 years ago)
where you placed value on certain things,
but now has changed.
Reflect on how the change in values affected
your life now(if there was any change at all).

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Five years ago, I had landed a job in the
private sector and at that time I valued my
new found financial independence.
However, five years onward, my financial
independence has taken a backseat in order
to attain some of my goals such as ownership
of a vehicle and a house.
This has impacted on my life as I sometimes
yearn for that financial independence and
frivolity, but I also value family life and
stability which comes with the ownership of
a house.
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Turn to your elbow partner and share with
each other, something that you value and in
which of the four categories does it fall
under.
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From the four types of values outlined
previously and using the sheet containing a
list of value traits.
Outline the top ten traits that appeal closest
to you.
Group them under the relevant headings
(intrinsic, instrumental, aesthetic and
moral).
State which one of (or combination) is
closest to you.
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What have you learnt about values?

What action are you going to take?

What further research have you been
prompted to do?
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Checklist of
Performance Criteria
Very
well
done
Well
done
Ok Not
okwill
redo.
I recorded an
experience in my past
in which I placed value
in a particular thing.
I reflected on if it has
changed and how it
affected my life.
I outlined my top ten
traits.
I grouped my traits and
identified my value
system.
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Develop and record your personal
development plan using the S.M.A.R.T.
principle pertaining to your value system.



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Record in your journal your aha moment on
values. In a few lines summarize what stood
out or what you discovered about yourself in
terms of values.
- How you felt after the session?
- What did you learn?
- Did you do anything new?
- Did you complete the tasks well?
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