Advantages and disadvantages of value clarification method in education
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Values clarification as a teaching method is a very new concept in nursing education. Since values underlie all ethical decision making, it is not possible to divorce ourselves from looking at our value orientation, as well as at the value orientation of those with whom we work, of our families and of society, as we confront different issues. The values clarification model generally used for values clarification is: Choosing/Prizing/Acting. Values clarification has to be a rational process. In this article a number of exercises are explained which can be used in nursing education to help the nursing student to clarify some of her values.
Advantages of value clarification method:
• Values clarification is an analysis technique that can often assist individuals increase awareness of any values that may have an attitude on lifestyle decisions and actions.
• This technique can deliver an opportunity for a person to reflect on personal moral problems and allow for values to be analyzed and clarified.
Disadvantages of value clarification method:
One of the disadvantages of the value clarification method is that informal values clarification instruments do not always deliver relevant information.