The Areté: Cultivating Filipino Values in the 21st Century textbook series is a response to educating the young and inspiring them to live an excellent and virtuous life.
The lessons in this series follow the V.I.R.T.U.E.S. framework. This framework aims to help students develop good habits and thus, encourage them to practice the virtues.
V ictories of life. This section introduces the lesson. It gives examples of life’s triumphs by showing how virtues can be practiced in real-life experiences.
I nflame. This part processes the human experiences by explaining the victory of life.
R ediscover. This section explains the theories and content of the lesson. All topics are based from the latest DepEd Values Education Curriculum.
T rivia. This includes some trivia about the virtue/s.
U plifting Realizations. This section gives suggestions as to how the virtues can be applied in daily life.
E ngagement. It includes product and performance-based assessments to process the lesson. It also includes case studies and other formative measurements.
S ummary. It contains the topic highlights to summarize the lesson.
| AUTHORS |
Ms. Fides A. Del Castillo Mr. Clarence Darro B. Del Castillo Mr. Gil M. Ramos Mr. Jonathan James O. Cañete Ms. Tricia Anne M. Castro |
| BOOK SIZE | 8.0’’ x 10.5’’ |
| NUMBER OF PAGES |
Gr. 7 - 256 Gr. 8 - 272 Gr. 9 - 288 Gr. 10 - 272 |
| YEAR OF PUBLICATION | 2024 - 2026 |
The series comes with a Teacher’s Manual that contains detailed lesson plans to guide teachers in the preparation and delivery of the lessons.
Areté Short Films
The values derived from the textbook series were translated into 12 award-winning short fi lms with a discussion guide for classroom values processing. This is published quarterly and intimately linked to the theme of the Values Education Curriculum.
