Values Clarification: A Handbook of Practical Strategies for Teachers and Students

by Sidney B. Simon

Designed to engage students and teachers in the active formulation and examination of values, this book is unique in content and format. It does not teach a particular set of values. There is no sermonizing or moralizing. The goal is to involve students in practical experiences, making them aware of their own feelings, their own ideas, their own beliefs, so that the choices and decisions they make are conscious and deliberate, based on their own value systems. This important and relevant book presents numerous practical strategies which plunge student and teacher directly into the evaluating process. Students will find these activities intriguing, and closely related to their personal lives. Teachers will find the suggestions simple, practical, stimulating.

Genres: Nonfiction, Personal Development, Education

400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall it was a good book to spark introspection, but the language is horribly outdated in regards to gender and other social issues, and the wording on some of the questions make me question how the author truly views racial differences.

[Leila · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a good tool from which to get inspired.
Being a science teacher, the values clarification techniques are not exactly the core of the lessons I give, but I can definitely get some use out of them with a couple of variations.
I had issues with how outdated the language was, in terms of gender.

[Wendy Singleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic Values Clarification Excercises!

I've been looking for something that would provide me with the type of thought provoking questions/activities needed to help me narrow down/fully grasp exactly which of my personal core values are most important to me and why, and this book was everything I was hoping to find and more!

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this in high school for a class, but concepts within it have stuck with me.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not exactly what I was expecting, but could be helpful for group sessions.

[Radu · Rating 3 out of 5]

A self-help book mainly consisting of a lot of questions designed to provoke introspection about oneself. Kind of interesting, though it does show its age in places.

[Aaron Slack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting.

[Shelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually was introduced to this book by our Girl Scout troop leader in high school. Made an impression on me because of the discussions it prompted.