VALUES INTEGRATION

Catholic schools have always been in the forefront of values integration. Everywhere and anywhere you go, you will hear curriculum managers and school administrators advocating integration of values across the curriculum. Questions, however, pop in the minds of teachers: What values to integrate? Where to integrate?

WHAT TO INTEGRATE
There are so many values that a teacher has to teach the students. So, which among them should be taught? The CORE VALUES which should have been clearly reflected in the Vision-Mission statements and that should have been the charisms of the congregtaional patron/patroness or founder/foundress. Unfortunately, some have not identified them! It is, therefore, imperative for a school to identify the core values she likes her students to live out and also to enumerate the related values under them.

WHERE TO INTEGRATE
Yes, we knew what to integrate; however, we do not know where really to integrate. Values should be integrated across the curriculum. From their identification from the congregational Vision-Mission statements, the core values should be articulated down to the focal points and essential questions (the syllabus), then to the periodic course outline (PCO), to the daily lesson plan, until the tasks that will assist learning.