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Hartikainen, Erkki – Journal of Moral Education, 1982
A teaching plan for a moral education program aimed at the children of nonbelievers, which the Union of Freethinkers would like implemented in the curriculum of Finnish schools, is outlined. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Ethical Instruction, Foreign Countries
Hodgkinson, Christopher E.; Jackson, John J. – Education Canada, 1986
Examines the state of peace education in the school curriculum and its relation to values education. Presents paradigm to examine values analytically. Suggests administrators, policy makers, and values educators consider what indoctrination is occurring, what ought to be happening, and what progress can be made toward instituting authentic ethical…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Walters, Michael; LoGiudice, James – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
This article puts forth some of the concepts and complexities involved in teaching secondary students ethical and aesthetic reasoning skills as well as the ideas of and debates throughout history. It is argued that curricula should connect holistically to the intellectual and emotional hierarchies of the gifted personality. (PB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Gifted
Barr, Ian M., Ed.; Hooghoff, Hans H. W., Ed. – 1991
This volume, the second in a series, contains the work of a seminar that explored relationships among values in society, values in schools, and the personal and social development of young people. By reflecting on some philosophical aspects of values, looking at strategies for the development of values-conscious young people, and considering means…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
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
DeRoche, Edward F.; Williams, Mary M. – 1998
This resource book provides ideas, strategies, techniques, examples, and resources for organizing, implementing, sustaining, and assessing character education programs in K-12 schools. The text is organized into several topics: (1) historical and theoretical bases for character education; (2) a description of a comprehensive character education…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Dickmann, Leonore W. – 1983
Frequent use of credibility phrases such as "to be perfectly honest" and "frankly speaking" may lend credence to the description of this era as being the Age of Disbelief. It is not enough that truth is implied in a discussion, it must be made explicit verbally. What do students think when they see headlines that decry fraud,…
Descriptors: Credibility, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
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Macdonald, James B. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1986
This posthumous paper attempts to clarify curriculum fundamentals such as boundaries, conceptual units, relationships, principles, and ethical dimensions. Presents an ontological approach viewing curriculum as a highly complex and dynamic interaction of events and acts and stressing the importance of the learning environment. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy
Pamental, George L. – Moral Education Forum, 1991
Discusses the need for business ethics courses in undergraduate and graduate business degree programs. Describes reasons for and objections to such programs. Explains that business ethics instruction requires varied case studies, adequate teaching materials, cooperation between philosophers and business faculty, and instructors who are forthcoming…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Ethical Instruction
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
Hoffman, W. Michael; Petry, Edward, Jr. – Moral Education Forum, 1991
Discusses the Center for Business Education and the teaching of business ethics at Bentley College. Reports that the center hosts conferences, conducts surveys, disseminates information, maintains a library, and operates various other programs. Examines why business ethics is taught. Explains how Bentley's program evolved. Describes…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Colleges, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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Starkey, Hugh – Journal of Moral Education, 1992
Contends that public education has basic, secular texts that include basic human rights common to all the world's peoples. Identifies the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 as the first of these documents. Argues that schools in all nations should emphasize equality of rights and equality of dignity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Civil Liberties, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development
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Nesteruk, Jeffrey; Risser, David – 1991
This essay presents an examination of how the discipline of business law has developed in recent years, and then develops a model of business ethics. Business ethics is defined as the study of the body of common values and perceptions that inform business decision making and infuse its external environment. A four-part framework is suggested for…
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
Dede, Christopher J. – Momentum, 1986
Dicusses some probable developments in the areas of biotechnologies and information technologies and their implications for ethical preparation, new pedagogical models, and other aspects of a value-oriented curriculum. (DMM)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, 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
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