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1. Choosing Values:

It is believed that the main source of human behavior is the human will. It is because of will that people are able to act with full freedom and reflection. It also helps the persons to decide that what sort of cause of action he/she must take. It is through will, one is able to express his/her choices with liberty, and this freedom of choice through will also shows that the person is his/her own master. Thus, we can say that values must be chosen freely, “The will expresses itself in choices which presuppose freedom or full possession of one’s self. Thus, values must be chosen from among alternatives”(Andres, 1980, p. 5).Regarding deliberation, one must evaluate the positive and negative effects or in words pros and cons of all chosen acts or motives always take into consideration the importance and consequence of the chosen value. Therefore it is very essential that values must be chosen after much consideration of the consequences that are correlated to each alternative. A value will only be established and clearly understood by considering the result of each alternative.

2. Prizing Values:

The acts or those values which have been considered and chosen by persons must be cherished and prized. This means that if person has gone through the process of establishing his/her values he must be ready to publically show, affirm and announce it. “Value clarification engenders productivity, for man will work for the value which he truly prizes and cherishes”(Andres, 1980, p. 6).

3. Acting on Values:

The case of value clarification is acting on one’s prizing and cherished values”(Andres, 1980, p. 6).The application of new knowledge begins only when person starts to clarify his values. His actions will be receptive and consistent in a same pattern on the values he/she has chosen. To prize and cherish is the highest goal of value. It is clear that the process of values clarification captures the two domains of cognitive human activity and the effective domain. When one is asked to make choices, or to decide thoughtfully from alternatives, or to analyze an issue and to decide, one is asked to think; but when one is asked, on the other hand, how one feels about that choice, is he happy with the choice and cherishes it. So we could say that “value is a result of activation of both the affective and cognitive domain”(Andres, 1980, p. 6).

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1. “Encourage children to make more choices, and to make them freely.”

2. “Help them discover alternatives when faced with choices.”

3. “Help children weigh alternatives thoughtfully, reflecting on the consequences of each.”

4. “Encourage children to consider what is that they price and cherish”

5. “Give them opportunities to affirm their choices.”

6. “Encourage them to act, behave and live in accordance with their choices.”

7. “Help them to be aware of repeated behaviors or patterns in their lives” (Raths, 1978, p. 33).