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Stephens, Jason M. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2019
Epidemic is an apt adjective for describing the problem of academic dishonesty. When asked if they have cheated in the past year, a "disproportionately large number" (i.e., the majority) of secondary and tertiary students in the United States (and in every other country in which it's been studied) report having done so. The problem of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Cheating, Incidence, Moral Development
Goodwin, Bryan – McREL International, 2015
Roughly 30 years ago, American educators stood at a crossroads, with a decision to make about the future of education. With their ears ringing of warnings that they were facing a "rising tide of mediocrity" and recognizing unacceptable gaps in achievement between disadvantaged students and others, educators set off down a path of reform…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Change Strategies, Educational Quality, Learner Engagement
Reason, Matthew – Trentham Books Ltd, 2010
Children's theatre in the UK is thriving. Debates about why children should watch theatre and what educational, emotional and expressive benefits it can provide inform cultural policy on education. Children aged 4-11 are increasingly taken to watch tailored theatre performances, yet there has been virtually no reflective research on what theatre…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Drama
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
Lin, Jing – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
Author Jing Lin contends that there is a great need for educators to reconceptualize education in the 21st century. Here, she discusses the danger of global wars, environmental breakdown, moral vacuum and nihilism in society, and the problems in current debates on school reform. This book calls for a school that facilitates the formation of a…
Descriptors: Role of Education, School Restructuring, Consciousness Raising, Humanism

Putman, Daniel – Journal of Moral Education, 1995
Contends that the concept of levels of moral maturity in psychology focuses on character formation in children's development. Asserts that virtue theory in ethics can be helpful in pointing out the ethical implications of current work with children. Argues for the usefulness of ancient ethical concepts. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
Maliarova, N. V. – Soviet Education, 1990
Describes the teaching-upbringing complex (UVK) educational facilities in rural areas. Argues that UVKs create conditions that foster social, spiritual, and moral-esthetic development of rural students. Emphasizes the need for UVKs to provide guidance in literature, music, culture, and ethics. Encourages the channeling of students' free time into…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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
Erlandson, Ray S., Sr. – Principal, 1986
Describes a program called the Character Education Curriculum developed by the American Institute for Character Education that is the most widely used plan for teaching the basic traits of character, conduct, and citizenship. (MD)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Beach, Waldo – 1992
The intent of this book is to analyze the moral and social problems that currently plague U.S. schools. The volume outlines what can be done to confront the problems of student behavior in and outside the classroom. Illegal drug use, theft and deceit, sexual practices, and race relations are among the troubling issues facing educators. Religious…
Descriptors: Conservatism, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Engineering Education, 1989
Responses from six engineering professors to a previous article about teaching engineering ethics are presented. Programs at several schools are described. The need to teach ethics to engineering students is reinforced. (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Engineering Education, Ethical Instruction

Powell, Robert E.; And Others – Journal of Moral Education, 1991
Presents results of a study focusing on a program of dilemma discussion methods for an experimental group of female prisoners and their guards. Concludes that for both the prisoners and staff test scores reflect an increase in moral judgment and ego development. Urges consideration of prison reform from educational and developmental perspectives.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Correctional Education, Females

Khemmani, Tisana – Chinese University Education Journal, 1994
Maintains that there is a need for principles or models of child rearing that integrate universal knowledge with Thai cultural and social values. Presents a set of principles and models gleaned from a Thai research project. Asserts that culturally appropriate educational practices are important in Thailand's educational system. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits

Brown, Alan – Westminster Studies in Education, 1993
Contends that teachers have an essential part to play in the moral and spiritual education of students. Discusses a white paper on moral education issued by the British government. Concludes that there is no conflict between spiritual and moral education and teaching the knowledge and skills necessary for employment. (CFR)
Descriptors: Christianity, Church Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Joseph, Pamela B. – American School Board Journal, 1986
Schools should not teach values directly, but education can never be value-free. Schools can best promote moral responsibility by treating all students fairly, providing good role models, using discipline to help students, balancing competition with cooperation, and providing opportunities to students for responsible and altruistic behavior. (TE)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education, Moral Development
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