Comparative Effectiveness of Value Clarification and Role Playing Value Development Models for Selected Values for Primary School Students

Abstract

Our society is currently at a crossroads and an urgent need to revamp our present education system so that it morphs into a pivotal tool in developing values. Is required Value Education a model of teaching-a way of thinking? With the need for value inculcation realized, we must address the vehicles for executing the same. In this regard, various value development models have been suggested. An education setting model of value education includes a theory about how people develop morally and myriad strategies for fostering moral development. Of these various Value Development Models two models that seem to be appropriate in inculcating desirable values in students and being feasible enough for widespread implementation are the Value Clarification and Role Playing Models. Since both the Value Development Models are supposed to be quite effective, a study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of both Value Clarification and Role Playing Models so that either one of them could be used as an effective tool in inculcating desirable values in classroom situations. It was found that both the Value Clarification Model and Role Playing Model proved to be nearly equally effective as far as the inculcation of the selected values on primary school children was concerned.