To assist teachers, teacher educators, and researchers to plan instructional objectives in values education, a model is presented that synthesizes the values clarification and cognitive moral development approaches. An explanation is provided of the process and verbal approaches to values clarification, as well as a detailed explication of…

Forty papers and responses from the 1979 annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society are reproduced in unabridged form, including the papers from both general and concurrent sessions. The Presidential Address discusses the concept of rational thinking. (JD)

This monograph presents a diagram which distinguishes four different assessment levels in the teacher's professional development. Level 1 refers to assessments of the training experience, level 2 to assessments of the teacher's behavior, level 3 to assessments of pupil behavior, and level 4 to assessments of instruction. The diagram explains that…

How do we estimate personal growth? What do experiential education programs accomplish? Personal growth (affective domain) often is fostered through experiential education programs, but it is difficult to measure the relationship between the two. One manner of measurement is the observation of external actions by a student that demonstrate what…