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                        The series ‘Up and Aware’ for Life Skills and Value Education for classes K–8 has been
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                        conceived on the basis of the framework of values laid out by the National Council of
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                        Educational Research & Training (NCERT), which envisions a holistic view of education.                equality

                        It is important to consider the impact of globalisation on the modern day learners’ developing
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                        minds even as educationists and parents expect them to build their ‘character’ on a set
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                        All of us can fluently expound a list of ethics that we want to see our children uphold.
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                        Every family has its own unique value system and differs in how it wishes to disseminate
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                        those values to its progeny. Yet, parents and facilitators ar
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                        influences of the external world on growing minds, that they cannot monitor, relate to or          open-minded
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                        make sense of.
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                        Learners need to immerse themselves in a process of inquiry to make sense of the world
                        around them and learn to co-exist peacefully with it. Layered in this process are attitudes,       honesty
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                        beliefs, conduct, integrity, conscience, sense of duty and honour, among other things that
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                        shape a human being. By exploring, debating, discussing, labelling and questioning how we
                        think and behave, we enable learners to deeply examine their relationship with the world              individuality
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                        at large. In the words of Buddha, ‘All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind
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                        is everything.  What we think, we become.’
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                        This series is  based  on the gradation  as  per CBSE Value Education  Handbook  for
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                        focused on in each grade and evolve gradually through the series. Across the series, all
                        the life skills are interconnected with the related/relevant values with an aim to entrench
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                        them  in  the  learner’s  learning  process  and  to  eventually  urge  him/her  to  reflect  upon
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                        his/her behaviour. This series aims at assisting the facilitator in encouraging the learners’
                        independent thinking.
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                        Each chapter begins with a relevant and thought-provoking passage or activity that sets
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                        the tone for introspection and group/paired discussion and exercises. Keeping in mind
                        the different styles of learning, each chapter provides scope for auditory and visual
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                        ‘Now I Know and this is what I Think…’ is meant to concretise and assimilate the
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