This book argues for much greater attention to ethical education and responds to skeptics who doubt its accomplishment in a pluralistic, secular society that is badly fragmented over values. The book seeks themes that unite rather than divide and provides a conceptual foundation for ethical education, broad enough for building consensus among…

Reported at a symposium generally concerned with values and adolescents are discussions of (1) socialization issues and the impact of values on adolescents, and (2) dimensions of Asian youths' confrontation with the problem of modernization. In the first study (by Jan de Witt), the conceptual shift in socialization research to a focus on…

This is the second in a series of six units for administrators and teachers to serve the Environmental Goal, one of Pennsylvania's Twelve Goals of Quality Education. The environmental goal states that quality education should help every student acquire the knowledge and attitudes necessary to maintain the quality of life in a balanced environment.…

This literature review presents the essentials of the theory of Values Clarification and its fundamental terms, and makes a critical analysis of the Values Clarification Theory of Valuation. (Author/JLL)

Written for prospective and practicing K-12 teachers, this book examines values education. The authors' central concerns are twofold. The first is to help and encourage teachers develop their own rationale for values education. The second concern is to help teachers help students develop a rational foundation for their own values and learn the…

This collection of class activities is intended to provide approaches to values discussion and clarification at all levels of the public school. Activities are presented for elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school pupils, and for ranges encompassing the entire range or various sequential ranges of grades. Subject areas…

This paper stresses the importance of inculcating students with intellectual and moral values so that they will become men and women "whose heads are not empty and whose chests are not hollow." Central characteristics of students who have internalized the values of ethics and critical thinking are that they take living seriously, bring…

An original purpose of higher education in the United States was personal development through acculturation to the classics and to moral principles. Other purposes, those of economics, political orientation, and service, have frequently overshadowed that original goal. It may be that higher education institutions have neglected personal…

This book is a practical handbook designed to provide teachers with specific procedures and activities to apply Kohlberg's theory of moral development to the elementary and secondary classroom. Kohlberg theorizes that a person's moral reasoning develops through a series of six sequential stages. Accordingly, the purpose of moral education is to…

Research on the values clarification and moral development approaches to values education is reviewed. The purpose of the research, sample, treatment duration, instrumentation, effects of treatment, internal and external validity problems, major strengths and weaknesses, and confidence in researcher's claims are provided for each study. Further…

Research has shown that teachers have difficulty stage scoring moral thought statements based on Kohlberg's moral development theory. This article explores ways of using process evaluation, developed recently by Kohlberg and others, to avoid stage scoring moral judgments within "Kohlbergian" programs. (AV)

Suggested are three ways that values education, judging, moral discernment, and value-guided action can be developed within higher education: organization of the curriculum to heighten sensitivity to values and enhance dexterity in using them; field study to foster ideas in action; and the environment and example of the college itself. (JMD)

The author expands on the definition of education a bit, concludes that educators ought to be in the values business, suggests some values that can be taught, and offers some ways that are appropriate and effective to teach values. (Author)

Recent ideas and publications concerning values and moral education have had little impact on social studies teaching in Canada. The article provides eight suggestions for improving values education, including leadership from provincial ministers of education, development of a values education rationale, and improvement of teacher education and…

Recommends objectives, subject matter, and learning activities for a comprehensive program of values education. Suggestions include increasing students' sensitivity to value claims and moral issues, willingness to consider alternatives, and consideration of the effects and consequences of actions. (Author/DB)