Abstract:

The need for education of values follows a continually growing trend, in a world where distinct critical developments take place. Especially in the process of acquisition of values, the elementary level of education has a crucial role to play, as it shapes the rest of a human’s life. One of the most significant aspects of the new national curriculum for social studies, which was introduced in 2005, is its value dimension. This study intends to put forth a comparative analysis of the two vital constituents of a social studies class, namely, acqusitionand values. Therefore it seeks an answer for the question, “What is the relationship between the gains acquisitions and the values intended to be given directly at a social studies class?” For the purpose, the study performs an analysis of the relationship between values and acqusitionsthat are made part of the social studies educational scheme adopted for 6th and 7th grade students nationwide, in an attempt to determine if the acqusitionsdo reflect the values being taught. It is presented the form of a qualitative study based on context-specific scholarly scan and makes full use of the document review technique as the data acquisition tool. As to results, based on findings obtained, while a significant relation can be observed between values like scientific acceptability, peace, respect for fundamental rights and freedoms on one hand and the gains acquisitions on the other, the relationship between other values and acquisitions were concluded to low or indirect

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