Value Education in Teacher Training Curricula of Bangladesh

Abstract

Teachers play a vital role in the life of a student to incorporate values. Each subject in school has moral or ethical sides. It is important to have this subject in teachers’ education as compulsory. As teachers are the maker of the future generation and they need the guideline to incorporate values in students, considering everyday classroom life which is saturated with moral meaning. To develop and support students effectively, pre-service teachers must be trained in the areas of value education. In Bangladesh Bachelor of Education (Honors) degree has a ‘Value Education’ course. But primary research shows that this course is not that much effective in practical field which ignored some significant issues and concerns. Especially teachers need to know how to imbibe values in students both explicitly and implicitly. The aim of this study is to present the current Value Education course outline and suggesting its rejuvenation enlightened with Islamic perspective. This study also intends to suggest some guidelines to integrate in Education system of Bangladesh to enhance values.