Abstract-3 (July 2021) Sagnika Sahoo

PEDAGOGY OF LEARNING

International Refereed/ Peer Reviewed Journal of Education

Vol. 7 (3) July 2021, 21-28, E-ISSN: 2395-7344, P-ISSN: 2320-9526

Title: Factors and Effects of Value Education among Adolescent Learners

Sagnika Sahoo, Doctoral Research Scholar (Education), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. E-mail: sagnikasahoo1@gmail.com

B. N. Panda, Professor of Education and Dean, Research, Regional Institute of Education, NCERT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Email id: bnpanda38@hotmail.com

Article DOI: 10.46704/pol.2021.v07i03.003

ABSTRACT

Adolescent period is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood when they face a vast surge of physical, social, cognitive and emotional changes. Education particularly value education plays very significant role to provide them guidance in order to overcome the topsy-turvy condition of life and guided to make the learners a worthy, resourceful, responsible citizen of a country. But for the implementation of value education a proper understanding of both the means and end of value education is important. So, the present study has revolved around the objectives- i) to study the factors influencing value inculcation among the learners, and ii) to analyze the effect of value education on adolescent learners’ behavior. It was found from the study that the school curriculum, teaching-learning process and the teacher are the most crucial factors that influence the value inculcation and promotion among the learners. The studies have shown that value education has a great positive influence on the school climate, students’ behavior, students’ discipline and attendance, resolving their personal and social problems, etc. So, value education is of utmost importance as it is the need of the hour.

Keywords: Value Education, School Curriculum, Teaching-Learning Process, School Climate, Students’ Behavior.