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Values clarification is a self-reflective process through which individuals identify, examine, and prioritize their personal values and beliefs. This introspective exercise can help individuals understand the principles that guide their decision-making, behaviors, and life goals. By clarifying their values, individuals can make more intentional choices, align their actions with their beliefs, and better navigate ethical dilemmas . Values clarification may also promote personal growth, self-awareness, and a sense of purpose. While values clarification is an ongoing process, individuals may engage in structured activities, exercises, or discussions to facilitate self-exploration and better understand the underlying motivations behind their actions.

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The overriding goal of values clarification is that each person (student) will be able to independently define his/her own value structure. Critical thinking educators concur that this is the most important function of the curriculum. The focus of values clarification is to emphasize the establishment of a system of justice, which will promote the well being of the person as an individual.

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Values clarification is an educational intervention that includes reflexive personal, sociocultural, and intercultural processes whereby one seeks to identify the undergirding or influential value priorities that guide one’s interests, choices, actions, and reactions in a variety of interpersonal and social contexts. By helping an individual to better understand what one considers most important related to the complex makeup, diverse contexts, and variable roles of the society in which one is situated, this process of guided, cognizant self-reflection can facilitate a more realistic understanding of oneself in relation to social norms, expectations, and options.

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A key tenet in liberal arts education is to cultivate self-motivated processes of “learning to learn” for a lifetime. Understanding the complex makeup, diverse contexts, and viable roles of the society in which one is situated and understanding oneself in relation to social norms,...

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The impact of values clarification on critical thinking and effective communication for secondary school learners

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Applying critical thinking skills to character education and values clarification with students who are deaf or hard of hearing

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Students who are deaf or hard of hearing must learn to think critically. Character education (CE) refers to the effort to teach basic values and moral reasoning (Doyle & Ponder, 1977). Values clarification (VC) is the process of examining one's basic values and moral reasoning (Rokeach, 1973). Character education and values clarification as subject matter foster the development of critical thinking (CT), a tool used both to develop and to modify values and moral reasoning. These three areas mutually support one another. The development of a set of values and their underlying moral reasoning is the foundation for thinking critically about values. The authors examine the components of critical thinking, character education, and values clarification, summarize the literature, and provide a template for appropriate lesson plans. They also describe strategies that promote the development of critical thinking, character education, and values clarification.

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