This study provides two perspectives on the various character traits provided by character education programs by comparing the voices of minority and lower-lower middle class stakeholders with those of upper middle class stakeholders. The literature on the values and virtues based approaches to moral development and character education were…

The present study examined the moral development of Lebanese 1st graders. Interviews with sixty-three Lebanese children (28 girls and 35 boys, ages 6-7.5) were analysed for the study. The children (25 Christian and 38 Muslim) were interviewed about moral dilemmas children of this age might encounter in their daily life. The data revealed that…

Discusses the personal and public aspects of moral judgment, arguing that the admission and ownership of moral judgment is the assertion of one's moral agency and the exercise of one's right to make moral judgments. Considers subjective factors necessary in determining the soundness of moral judgments. (DMM)

This study examined conceptions of the right to literacy in children, adolescents, and young adults living in rural Zulu villages in the mountains of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, as one instantiation of the development of conceptions of human rights in a developing world setting. Of human rights, literacy was chosen because of its familiarity to…

Liberals champion the view that promoting autonomy--seeing to it that our children develop into individuals who are self-governing in the conduct of their lives--is a vital aim of education, though one generally accredited as being subsidiary to well-being. Our prime goal in this article is to provide a partial validation of this liberal ideal…

This paper examines Aristotle's view of the family as providing indispensible motivations for the moral education of the young, the inadequacy of the family in providing moral education, and the need for laws to protect the community and to educate the community regarding public affairs. (MT)

Cultural pluralism and the ability of individuals to choose among and make changes in fundamental values are argued. (JMF)

Provides a rationale for high school writing assignments focusing on a wide range of personal, social, and moral issues related to responsible living. Offers a sequence of such assignments reflecting increasing complex writing and thinking skills for grades 7 to 12. (DMM)

If education can be decentralized and parents and children given more choices in education, then efficient instruction and sound moral atmosphere can be restored to our public schools. (Author)

Intrinsic (or fundamental) values and the freedom to choose among them are discussed in terms of cultural pluralism. (JMF)

Investigates the gap between human impulse and moral action and the thesis of this research is that within that gap there is an intervening variable of the human will which must be reckoned with before moral education can result in social improvements. (Author/RK)

The author wants to relate a little incident that certainly made her realize that something is lacking in civilizing mechanisms today. She and a friend of hers were having a snack on a weekday afternoon at a fast food restaurant in which a number of people were eating. Near them was a group of schoolgirls talking in loud, piercing voices. Her…

Catholic schoolteachers face the pedagogical dilemma between remaining faithful to the doctrinal requirements of Catholic Church teaching while also respecting their professional responsibility to promote autonomous, critical thinking and consider the pastoral needs of their students. Although in practice many Catholic educators achieve a…

Clarifying values through physical education is one way to make classrooms and gymnasiums more relevant to a world of change, confusion, and conflict. (JD)

Discussions of disability should be within a clearly-defined moral framework if the disabled person's rights are to be translated into society's duty to the disabled. An ethical system based on modern versions of utilitarianism is suggested as a moral framework, supplemented by prescriptions based on social justice and respect. (Author/CB)