Relation of affective domain to value based education and its development through value clarification model

This article is prepared to show the importance of affective domain in the personality development of an individual. Along with this, another aim of this study is to see the interrelationship of the affective domain with values and value based education. As a method of study, literature review is done and for this, literature was collected from various online and offline sources. Inter comparison of content was adopted as the method of analysis. On the basis of analysis of content, it may be concluded that, when we talk about multi directional development of an individual, equal importance must be given to affective domain along with cognitive aspects. Affective domain is developed in hierarchical order of some steps of affective domain process. Affective domain process is focused on internalization of values, and it is necessary for affective development to take value development as base. For value development, value based education is desirable. There are many formal and non-formal ways of value based education. Value based education could be given in structured way through adopting some value models. One of these models is value clarification model that gives the direction for value development through following some specific steps. Development of affective domain is reflected as values inculcated through this model.