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Peshkin, Alan – Educational Leadership, 1986
Outlines the program of Bethany Baptist Academy, a fundamentalist religious K-12 school in the Midwest. The school socializes the students to think and behave according to the dictates of its religious doctrine. (MD)
Descriptors: Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Values, Personality Development

Schaps, Eric; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1986
Describes the Child Development Project in California, which holds that academic and character education are equally important goals for schools. The project has been established to produce long-lasting effects on children's "prosocial" development. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities
Wynne, Edward – Principal, 1986
Growing public concern with student discipline, increases in student suicide rates, homicides, and high pregnancy rates of teenage girls are causing educators to give renewed attention to the concept of "character development" in public education. (MD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development
Plays for the Special Education Classroom: 10 Short Plays Designed to Promote Character Development.
Gibberman, Charlotte – 1986
This booklet contains 10 short plays written especially for performance by spcial education students who ranged in age from five to ten and in academic level from kindergarten to fourth grade. The plays focus on promoting character development and topics include death, prejudice, manners, senior citizens, responsibility for others, and positive…
Descriptors: Bias, Blindness, Death, Disabilities
Thoma, Stephen J. – Moral Education Forum, 1994
Maintains that the Defining Issues Test (DIT) is now the most frequently used measure of moral judgment development. Reviews the history of DIT research. Asserts that the measurement system provided by the DIT would put the cognitive developmental approach in a better position to affect change in the moral development field. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
NASSP Curriculum Report, 1996
This report outlines a K-12 social justice curriculum combining interdisciplinary instruction, guided and broadly-based research, and teamwork with teachers and students. Students also have opportunities to develop contacts with the media and other agencies at many levels outside the school, to research and support personal viewpoints, to study…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Bennett, William J. – Curriculum Review, 1988
Discusses the form and content of sex education courses in the classroom. Topics covered include contraception, decision making, morality, values, character formation, self-image, the role of teachers, and the role of parents. (LRW)
Descriptors: Contraception, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction

Wei, Tan Tai – Journal of Moral Education, 1990
Examines how the principles and virtues of Confucianism holistically meet moral education's requirements. Discusses justice, equality, and truthfulness as Confucian principles and the character virtues (wisdom, courage, compassion, and love) necessary for living the moral life. Stresses understanding motive, arguing that the moral person desires…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Altruism, Confucianism, Ethical Instruction
Garnett, Paul D. – 1988
This responsibility education activity book for grades 5-10 offers a set of materials that reflect students' interests and motivation for values education. The book is built around three moral principles: (1) "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" (Confucius, 513 B.C.); (2) "The end does not justify the means" (Immanuel Kant, "The…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1987
The National School Boards Association proposed to the United States Department of Education a project, "Building Character in the Public Schools," designed to enhance character development in the schools through involvement of more than 15,000 local school boards in this country. The project had two overall goals: to heighten national awareness…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Change Strategies

Social Education, 1997
Presents the National Council for the Social Studies' position paper on character education. Calls for a renewed effort by social studies educators, schools, and communities to teach character and civic virtue. Argues that students must be offered a combination of instruction and guidance on civic virtue to counter increasing indifference. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Democratic Values