What is the importance of cultural values?

Answer 1

culture is that which binds groups of people (i.e.societies) together.Consists of various beliefs,language,and sometimes even aspirations.Values are those items from a culture which society uplifts as important.example of cultural values would be the high esteem attached to honesty.This value were it absent,would lead to failed marriages at family level, unsafe neighborhoods at society level, incompetent governments;corruption,nepotism et cetera all of which can be termed "moral decay".

African states show a classical example of importance of cultural values: In pre-colonial Africa was a society founded on values such as kinship. families stayed together and subsisted communally. however westernisation brought new values like materialism and Christianity which altered the values of societies and brought about social friction as a new generation disenchanted from its predecessors practises fought for control with remnants of cultural proponents. new values like state nationalism emerged ahead of ethnicity.This has led to decades of often senseless civilwars,dictatorships and high levels of HIV/AIDS prevalence.

Without values society cannot exist,with ambiguous values a society is in constant strife.

Answer 2

A student's culture may affect how he or she participates in education. The importance of this is that teachers must understand how to teach to each student and culture in the classroom effectively.