Personal Values in Everyday Life
Values
Learning Objectives:
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Students will define a value.
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Students will identify three of their
personal values.
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Students will state how their values
affect their choices in everyday living
Kick-off
Discussion:
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Consider the following scenario:
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You must leave your house quickly, within 10 minutes, and never
return. You can only take three items with you.
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What do you take?
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Why did you choose these items?
Values:
Main ideas
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Values are your ideas and beliefs.
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Each person has different values.
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Our values are based on many aspects including
family, religion, peers, culture, race, social
background, gender, etc.
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Our values help us decide what is important, or not, in
our life.
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Values impact our decisions every day.
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Knowing your values is important because values
guide decisions about our future.
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Not only is the career itself important, but sometimes
what the career can offer (i.e. lots of money, status,
relationships, meaningful work) satisfies a person’s
values.
Classroom
Discussion:
Values
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Why did the person act this way?
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What personal values might have caused them to act in this way?
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Name a value that is important to them.
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How does this value show up in your actions?
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In decision making?
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In the way you relate to others?
Values Word
Wall
Values Word
Wall Extension:
What’s Important to
Me? Activity
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Put these value cards in order from 1 through 6
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1 being very important, 3-4 being somewhat important, and 6 being least
important
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No right or wrong answers
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When finished, compare with a partner.
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Was their ranking similar or different?
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Share why you put the cards in a particular order.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Very important
Somewhat important Least Important
Understanding
Yourself Puzzle
Activity
Create your own self-identity puzzle
by adding personal value statements
through writing or drawing. Design
and share with your peers!
Values in Career
Activity:
Theory of Work
Adjustment
“
People with certain values and needs are best suited
for jobs that have requirements that correspond with
those characteristics.”
(Dawis and Lofquist’s, 1984)
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Explains the interaction between an individual and a work environment.
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The individual brings a set of skills to perform the tasks of the work
setting.
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In exchange, the individual receives a paycheck.
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Ongoing adjustment by the individual and the work environment is
required to maintain positive interaction (called work adjustment).
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Work adjustment leads to satisfaction of both individual and work setting.
Values in Career
Activity:
Discover the importance of values in decision-making and personal development. Engage in activities such as identifying personal values, ranking their importance, and creating a self-identity puzzle. Understand how values influence choices and relationships. Connect values to career decisions and find alignment between values and job requirements.
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Values Learning Objectives: Students will define a value. Students will identify three of their personal values. Students will state how their values affect their choices in everyday living
Consider the following scenario: Kick-off Discussion: You must leave your house quickly, within 10 minutes, and never return. You can only take three items with you. What do you take? Why did you choose these items?
Values are your ideas and beliefs. Values: Each person has different values. Our values are based on many aspects including family, religion, peers, culture, race, social background, gender, etc. Main ideas Our values help us decide what is important, or not, in our life. Values impact our decisions every day. Knowing your values is important because values guide decisions about our future. Not only is the career itself important, but sometimes what the career can offer (i.e. lots of money, status, relationships, meaningful work) satisfies a person s values.
Why did the person act this way? Classroom Discussion: What personal values might have caused them to act in this way? Name a value that is important to them. How does this value show up in your actions? In decision making? In the way you relate to others? Values
Values Word Wall Adventure/Fun Friendship/Family Money/Wealth Justice/Honesty Spirituality/Religion Knowledge/Education
Put these value cards in order from 1 through 6 1 being very important, 3-4 being somewhat important, and 6 being least important No right or wrong answers Values Word Wall Extension: When finished, compare with a partner. Was their ranking similar or different? Share why you put the cards in a particular order. What s Important to Me? Activity 1 Very important 2 3 4 5 6 Somewhat important Least Important
Understanding Yourself Puzzle Activity Create your own self-identity puzzle by adding personal value statements through writing or drawing. Design and share with your peers!
People with certain values and needs are best suited for jobs that have requirements that correspond with those characteristics. Values in Career Activity: (Dawis and Lofquist s, 1984) Theory of Work Adjustment Explains the interaction between an individual and a work environment. The individual brings a set of skills to perform the tasks of the work setting. In exchange, the individual receives a paycheck. Ongoing adjustment by the individual and the work environment is required to maintain positive interaction (called work adjustment). Work adjustment leads to satisfaction of both individual and work setting.
Values in Career Activity: Achievement Relationships Independence Support Recognition Working Conditions
