The author suggests making the valuing experience a daily part of classroom life through building children's self-concepts, permitting them to make (and live with) many choices, and encouraging active discussion of real moral situations as they arise. (Editor)

Describes how Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development can be used to teach literature. (DD)

Reviews Kohlberg's and Gilligan's models of interpersonal moral development and identifies theoretical concepts relevant to understanding the development of environmental values. Outlines Gilligan's narrative approach, in which participants recount moral conflict and decision making. Examines this approach's advantages as an environmental…

Many school districts have implemented "packaged" programs designed to teach character education. Millions of dollars have been spent on these programs, yet society continues to produce more "characters" than students "with character." This article describes a shift from the "programmatic" mindset to a solution that is not packaged or purchased.…

The article presents one perspective on how children can be encouraged to develop moral judgement. The recalcitrance that Piaget encounters in his attempts to teach his own daughter a specific mundane rule provide a focus for much of the discussion. The differing impact of two separate strategies for conveying the point of rules, both on immediate…

Physical education has long been recognized as a forum through which affective skills can be successfully introduced and practiced. Solomon found that current research supports the contention that physical education experiences provide a prime setting for promoting character development. This article describes a three-phase program for teaching…

The teaching of moral values and sensitivity in the schools is discussed in this article. Some teaching techniques, resource materials, and New York State programs designed to develop values are described. (GC)

Suggests several strategies for developing students' social awareness and moral thinking by encouraging sensitivity to audience in their writing. (DD)

Myth used as religion has several implications for the classroom. Discusses mythology and moral education as well as how mythology can reduce the problem of ethnocentrism. (Author/RK)

Presents a moral development approach to achieving sex equity. Uses discussion of carefully developed Kohlberg-type moral dilemmas relating to sex equity to elicit moral judgments from children at a number of developmental stages. States that schools can help promote equity through the implementation of carefully designed moral education programs.…

To assess the effectiveness of a direct and a general instruction program, 108 educable mentally retarded children (11 to 16 years old) were confronted with a series of hypothetical temptation-to-steal dilemmas. A three-month followup indicated that the improvement made by the direct instruction group was maintained. (Author/SB)

Outlines methods of teaching moral issues to undergraduate students using works of Lawrence Kohlberg, William Perry, Jr., Erik Erikson, and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in conjunction with literary tests. Encourages comparative and illustrative studies of literature and film. Suggests student participation in cognitive and moral decision making of…

After giving a brief description of Kohlberg's theoretical position and his recommendations regarding the promotion of higher level judgments in the schools, the article details the difficulties with the implementation of Kohlberg's moral decision curriculum and notes that the unfeasibility is borne out by empirical findings. (SB)

The theories of moral development of Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan are compared and applied to a model which uses children's literature in the moral education of gifted children. (DB)

Educating for personal and social responsibility, from the perspective of moral cognition, involves promoting students' cognitive development. The literature suggests several approaches as successful in promoting cognitive development. Though Kohlberg views this development as primarily facilitated by dialogue with individuals in more advanced …