Argues that teachers of literature should bring into the open for careful scrutiny the implied moral attitudes and social values in the literature they present. (HOD)

Author reflects on his association with psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg and his collaboration with Kohlberg in a project funded by the Danforth Foundation for research and development in moral education. (Author/NB)

The nature of moral problems as formulated by gifted adolescents was examined. Stories written by students in grades 9-12 were analyzed in terms of the age and sex of characters, social relationships between characters, issues in the moral problems, and solutions to the problems. (Author/AM)

In the frame of the international project, "Environment and School Initiatives," a pilot study has been carried out with the aim to elucidate existing levels of moral reasoning in environmental dilemmas (in analogy to Kohlberg) in a group of 11- and 15-year-old students. (LZ/Author)

Reports on a research study designed to explore the impact of life experiences upon the development of moral judgment. Concentrates on the noncollege context. Participants interviewed were selected from an established longitudinal sample. Findings suggested that while moral judgment scores may predict lifestyles, there are no certain experiences…

Studied the development of moral judgment in 208 Dutch, Surinamese, Moroccan, Turkish, and mixed-ethnicity students from Dutch secondary schools of different types. Moroccan and Turkish students showed a lag in moral development, perhaps due to their parents' societal backgrounds. (SLD)

A study on moral development focused on the status passage from school to work. The paper-and-pencil form of the Moral Judgment Interview (an adaptation of Kohlberg's instrument by Gibbs and Widaman) was administered to young people aged 17-22 who had just finished schools and were starting as apprentices in insurance companies where they were…

This book identifies a method of moral thinking and moral decision making that is compatible with the methods of rigorous disciplinary scholarship. It demonstrates how a comprehensive program of values education may integrate effectively major components of learning in a manner that serves the purposes of human development. The book contributes to…

Examines the relationship of moral judgement to moral action as well as to certain cognitive style variables. A total of 134 male and female eleventh- and twelfth-graders completed measures of moral judgement, field dependence-independence, and other variables, and nominated teachers who then rated the students for tendency to evidence morally…

Four teachers offer definitions, experiences, and opinions relating to the teaching of moral values in the classroom. (EL)

The 45 tests described in this bibliography assess the moral development and values of populations at all age and grade levels (particularly target toward those above grade 7). Some of the instruments consist of questions that pose moral problems and respondents must select a solution. Several of the tests are concerned about professional ethics.…

Moral development is viewed as a matter of progression in the cognitive reasoning and rationale underlying choices and judgments. Traditionally, retrospective reports of rationales have been used to measure moral development levels, resulting in unreliable information. Information Integration Theory attempts to assess individual differences in…

Results of factor and correlational analyses of the Ethical Behavior Rating Scale (EBRS) are reported. The test-retest method and internal consistency estimates yielded reliability coefficients. Construct validity was determined by correlating the EBRS with items from the Ethical Reasoning Inventory. The EBRS reflects the behavioral aspects of…

Argues that carefully selected, adolescent novels can foster young people's moral development and describes the four essential characteristics such books should display: a moral dilemma, identified alternatives, moral reasoning, and a moral decision. (HOD)

For more than 30 years, Kohlberg's theory of moral development has been tested across the world. This paper reports on two studies that investigated people's state of moral thinking and whether or not there are phenomena that cannot be explained in terms of Kohlberg's theory. The first study examined the moral thinking of a group of students, ages…