Media 3 (Character Building).ppt

  

Moral Values & Character

Moral Values & Character

  

Building Building Morals: Morals are principles and values based on what a person or society believes are the right, proper or acceptable ways of behaving.

  Values:

Values of a person or group are the moral

principles and beliefs that they think are

• Trustworthiness •

  Respect

• Responsibility
• Fairness •

  Caring

  

Moral Principles or Values

Moral Principles or Values

• Citizenship

  Moral Principles or Values Moral Principles or Values Trustworthiness Trustworthiness

   Work with little supervision, yet seek guidance as needed.

   Be honest, reliable, and ethical in all dealings.

   Refuse to steal, misuse or abuse company time, property or equipment.

   Refuse to lie, cheat, deceive,

  Moral Principles or Values Moral Principles or Values Respect

   Value and honor all people.

   Respect the dignity, privacy and freedom of all.

   Use good manners. Be courteous and polite.

   Listen to and communicate openly with others.

   Be friendly and cooperative.

  Moral Principles or Values Moral Principles or Values Responsibility

• Show initiative. Pay attention to detail. Pursue excellence.
• Be loyal.

• Strive to improve abilities, learn new

  skills and take on broader responsibilities.
• Be accountable. Fulfill commitments,

  Moral Principles or Values Moral Principles or Values Fairness Fairness  Listen. Know your job.

  Communicate honestly.

   Consider all stakeholders and the possible short- and long-term consequences of decisions.

   Be free of bias, just, without favoritism or prejudice.

   Use tact and courtesy. 

  Share knowledge, ideas and skills

  Moral Principles or Values Moral Principles or Values Caring Caring

   Strive for harmonious, mutually beneficial relationships.

   Show kindness and sensitivity to the feelings of others.

   Express gratitude.

   Show personal concern for others.

   Take time to help others.

  

  

Moral Principles or Values

Moral Principles or Values Citizenship Citizenship

   Understand and contribute to the organization.

   Take care of equipment and resources.

   Pursue life-long learning. 

  Volunteer without expectation of recognition or reward.

  

Character is like a tree and reputation

like its shadow. The shadow is what we

think of it; the tree is the real thing.

  Abraham Lincoln

  

What is Character?

What is Character?

WRITE IT DOWN!!!

  The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions.

  What are Characteristics of What are Characteristics of

Character?

  

Character?

WRITE IT DOWN!!!

  Inspiring Courageous

  Fairness Integrity Confident

  Unselfish Responsibility

  Citizenship Caring

  Respect Trustworthiness

  Why is Character Important?

Warren Bennis says, “that after

vision and passion, INTEGRITY

(character) is the most basic

fundamental competency to be a

leader.”

• • He further points out that

  

Who Cares About Character?

Who Cares About Character?

• The Age of Accountability • The Importance of Family Values

  PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING!!!

  Impacting Moral & Character Development

Four major questions need to be addressed when

focusing on character development:

  1. What is good character?

  2. What causes or prevents good character?

  3. How can good character be measured ?

  4. How can good character best be developed?

COMPONENTS OF CHARACTER

  Impacting Moral & Character Development

1. What is good character? Personal Personal

• honest and truthful
• autonomous
• responsible
• self-management and self-discipline
• courageous

  

Impacting Moral & Character

Development

1. What is good character? Social Social

• sociable
• benevolent
• compassionate
• courteous

  Impacting Moral & Character Development

2. What causes or prevents good character?

  1. heredity 2. early childhood experience 3. modeling by important adults & older youth 4. peer influence 5. general physical and social environment 6. communications media 7. content taught in the schools, etc.

  Impacting Moral & Character Development

3. How can good character be measured ?

• Cognitive knowledge
• Age appropriate cognitive and moral development
• Values expressed
• Commitments expressed
• Written plans

  Personal and social overt behavior

  Impacting Moral & Character Development

4. How can good character best be developed?

  Effective communication and shared values among families, schools, religious organizations, and communities.

  Personal experience - Moral Values Personal experience - Moral Values 

  I have learnt through this assignment how to behave in a society with morals, values and principles.

   I learnt to be honest, reliable, and ethical in all

dealings pertaining to my job and career.

   I learnt how to respect, honour and value the people.

  

Personal experience - Moral

Personal experience - Moral

  Values Values

• ^ I learnt how to strive to improve abilities, learn new skills and take on broader responsibilities. ^

  I learnt how to share knowledge, ideas and skills with others. ^ I learnt to show kindness and sensitivity to the feelings of others.

  General value systems observed… Classification of Values : Ethical Values Social Values Spiritual Values Educational Values

  Professional Values

  Ethical Values / Moral Values : Concept - Right / Wrong Good / Bad

  Virtue / Vice

Influence the activities of Human

being

  Social Values :

According to Patanjali – Five “Yamas”

  Ahimsa Satya Asteya Brahmacharya

  Spiritual Values : Intrinsic Values Truth Beauty

  Goodness Intellect Will Feeling

Jnana Karma Bhakti

  Educational Values :

  According to Vivekananda – Man making Education

  

Physical Psychological Social Moral

  Man making Education Samveg

  

Samskaras

Swabhava Emotions Formed habits behaviour

  Righteous conduct

  

Learning domains according to Psychology

Cognitive – Affective - Psychomotor

Receiving Responding Valuing Organization Characterization

  Valuing :

  Commitment to certain goal Commitment to certain Idea Commitment to certain belief

  Organisation :- Value system and behaviour By value / value complex

  Characterization : -

  Educational Values : Activities - Good

  Useful Valuable

• in Education

INCULCATING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR CREATINGVALUE BASED QUALITY PROMOTING ETHICAL BEHAVIOR

DEFINING INSTITUTIONAL

  IDEOLOGY

  

VALUE BASED

EDUCATION

DIMENSIONS OF

  VALUES DEVELOPMENT

  1. Physical Discipline

  Physical

  Healthy living Dignity of labor

  Punctuality

  2. Intellectual Truth

  Intellectual

  Scientific temper Rational outlook

DIMENSIONS OF

  VALUES DEVELOPMENT

  3. Moral/Ethical Resistance to temptation

  Moral/Ethical

  Righteousness Sense of responsibility Self control Non-violence

  4. Spiritual Purity, Tolerance

  Spiritual

  Faith , Freedom

5. Social Co-operation

  Mutual respect Sharing, Concern

   Respect

   Responsibility

   Critical Thinking

   Communication and

   Collaboration

   Evaluation of current situation

  

Creating condition for change

   Implementing changes

   Evaluating whether change has made something better

  Building a strong character… Everything that happens to us

• happens in purpose. And sometimes, one thing leads to another.
• Instead of locking yourself up in your cage of fears and crying over past heartaches, embarrassment and failures, treat them as your teachers and they will become your tools in both self-improvement and success.

  Building a strong character… when does self-improvement become synonymous with success? Where do we start? Take these tips:

  Stop thinking and feeling as if you’re a failure,

• because you’re not. How can others accept you if YOU can’t accept YOU? When you see hunks and models on TV, think
• more on self improvement, not self pitying. Self- acceptance is not just about having nice slender legs, or great abs. Concentrate on inner beauty.

  Building a strong character…

when does self-improvement become synonymous with

success? Where do we start? Take these tips:

  When people feel so down and low about

• themselves, help them move up. Don’t go down with them. They’ll pull you down further and both of you will end up feeling inferior. The world is a large room for lessons, not mistakes.
• Don’t feel stupid and doomed forever just because you failed on a science quiz. There’s always a next

  Building a strong character… when does self-improvement become synonymous with success? Where do we start? Take these tips:

  Take things one at a time. You don’t

• expect black sheep’s to be goody two- shoes in just a snap of a finger. Self- improvement is a one day at a time process. Self-improvement results to inner
• stability, personality development and

  Building a strong character…

when does self-improvement become synonymous with

success? Where do we start? Take these tips:

  Set meaningful and achievable goals. It hopes and aims to

• result to an improved and better YOU. Little things mean BIG to other people. Sometimes, we
• don’t realize that the little things that we do like a pat on the back, saying “hi” or “hello”, greeting someone “good day” or telling Mr. Smith something like “hey, I love your tie!” are simple things that mean so much to other people. When we’re being appreciative about beautiful things

  Building a strong character… A very nice quote says that, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” We are all here to learn our lessons. Our parents, school teachers, friends, colleagues, officemates, neighbors… they are our teachers. When we open our doors for self -improvement, we increase our chances to head to the road of success.

  Motivation – Heart of self improvement

The following tips are useful for getting success and

  The following tips are useful for getting success and

building a strong character in life which are useful in

building a strong character in life which are useful in personal as well as career improvement _• personal as well as career improvement

  Achieve your Dreams - the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ^• Believe in your self, and in what you can do. ^• Consider things on every angle and aspect. Motivation comes from determination. To be able to understand life, you should feel the sun from both sides. ^• Don’t give in and don’t give up. Thomas Edison failed once, twice,

  Motivation – Heart of self improvement

• ^• Enjoy. Work as if you don’t need money. Dance as if nobody’s watching.

  Love as if you never cried. Learn as if you’ll live forever. Motivation takes place when people are happy. ^• Family and Friends – are life’s greatest ‘F’ treasures. Don’t loose sight of them. ^• Give more than what is enough. Where does motivation and self- improvement take place at work? At home? At school? When you exert extra effort in doing things. ^• Hang on to your dreams. They may dangle in there for a moment, but these little stars will be your driving force.

  Motivation – Heart of self improvement Ignore those who try to destroy you. Don’t let other people to

• get the best of you. Stay out of toxic people – the kind of friends who hates to hear about your success.

  Just be yourself. The key to success is to be yourself. And the

• key to failure is to try to please everyone.

  Keep trying no matter how hard life may seem. When a

• person is motivated, eventually he sees a harsh life finally clearing out, paving the way to self-improvement.

  Learn to love your self. Now isn’t that easy?

  Motivation – Heart of self improvement

• ^• Never lie, cheat or steal. Always play a fair game. ^•

  Open your eyes. People should learn the horse attitude and horse sense. They see things in 2 ways – how they want things to be, and how they should be. ^• Practice makes perfect. Practice is about motivation. It lets us learn repertoire and ways on how can we recover from our mistakes. ^• Quitters never win. And winners never quit. So, choose your fate – are you going to be a quitter? Or a winner?

• ^• Ready yourself. Motivation is also about preparation. We must hear the

  little voice within us telling us to get started before others will get on their

  Motivation – Heart of self improvement Stop procrastinating!

• Take control of your life. Discipline or self control jives
• synonymously with motivation. Both are key factors in self- improvement.
• should also learn how to listen. Yearn to understand first, and to be understood the second.

  Understand others. If you know very well how to talk, you

• land.

  Visualize it. Motivation without vision is like a boat on a dry

  Motivation – Heart of self improvement X Factor is what will make you different from the others.

• When you are motivated, you tend to put on “extras” on your life like extra time for family, extra help at work, extra care for friends, and so on.

  You are unique. No one in this world looks, acts, or talks like

• you. Value your life and existence, because you’re just going to spend it once.

  Zero in on your dreams and go for it!!!

  Conclusion...

  

“Tell me and I forget,

Show me and I remember,

Involve me and I

understand.”

  Thank you all...