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Costley, Kevin C.; Harrington, Kayla – Online Submission, 2012
Due to the eroding family composition of American families today and other important variables contributing to children's lack of social skills and inappropriate behaviors, the implementation of a Character Education curriculum is a greater need in schools today. This need is much more pressing than during the middle of the last century. Some…
Descriptors: Integrity, Values Education, Ethical Instruction, Educational Needs
Covaleskie, John F. – Philosophical Studies in Education, 2006
In this article, John F. Covaleskie considers a threefold question: (1) what is the nature of the sort of liberty that enables one to live as a free person, but also bound by the requirements of democratic citizenship; (2) what is the nature of the virtues that make this sort of person possible; and (3) what is the nature of the educational…
Descriptors: Freedom, Discipline, Democratic Values, Values Education

Bliming, Gregory S. – NASPA Journal, 1990
Examines four problems associated with developing character in college students: two concerned with moral cognition, or knowing what is right, and two concerned with moral action. It then reviews educational programs concerned with moral action, and provides suggestions for designing character development strategies. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: College Students, Ethical Instruction, Higher Education, Integrity

Frantz, Alan C. – ADFL Bulletin, 1996
Lists the values acquired through the study of foreign languages. These include an acquisition of a sense of a relevant past; expansion of one's world view; contribution to the creation of a student's personality; development of the intellect; encouragement of respect for other peoples; and exposure to modes of thought outside one's native…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Exchange, Democratic Values
Atkins, Marc S.; Shernoff, Elisa S.; Marinez-Lora, Ane – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2009
This commentary focuses on the promises and challenges facing the Social and Character Development (SACD) consortium in evaluating the effectiveness of seven universal SACD programs designed to enhance student behavior and school climate under conditions of real world practice. In this commentary, we highlight that the opportunity costs associated…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Theory Practice Relationship, Social Development, Program Effectiveness

Swadener, Marc; Soedjadi, R. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1988
This paper reviews the role and psychological bases of values in education and their effect on teaching and learning. Contrasting views of the roles of values in education in Indonesia and the United States are given. (Author/PK)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum

Sockett, Hugh – American Journal of Education, 1988
Children need to acquire the qualities of determination, carefulness, concentration, self-restraint, patience, conscientiousness, and endurance. These aspects of personal capability are important to the moral life in schools and thus should be part of their ethos. They must be modeled by teachers as ways to overcome and avoid difficulties. (VM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Environment, Moral Development

Stewart, Abigail J.; Healy, Joseph J., Jr. – Journal of Social Issues, 1986
The life of British feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain demonstrates that an attempt to understand the relationship between personal experience and political activities should take account of the following: (1) the centrality of political values in an individual's identity; (2) the individual's life stage and life history; and (3) the individual's…
Descriptors: Feminism, Individual Development, Moral Development, Moral Values
Davidson, Philip M. – 1991
The concept of autonomous identity, derived from Piaget's theory of personality, is distinguished from other applications of the term "autonomy" in psychological theory. Introductory comments suggest that both biological and mental development express autonomy in the same two senses: as self-regulating and progressively self-liberating.…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Developmental Psychology, Individual Development, Moral Development

Social Education, 1997
Presents the National Council for the Social Studies' position paper on character education. Calls for a renewed effort by social studies educators, schools, and communities to teach character and civic virtue. Argues that students must be offered a combination of instruction and guidance on civic virtue to counter increasing indifference. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Democratic Values

Lyons, Nona Plessner – Harvard Educational Review, 1983
The author offers interview data from female and male children, adolescents, and adults in support of the notion of having two distinct modes of describing the self in relation to others--separate/objective and connected--as well as two kinds of considerations used by individuals in making moral decisions--justice and care. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Generation Gap, Human Relations, Interpersonal Relationship
Bennett, William J. – Curriculum Review, 1988
Discusses the form and content of sex education courses in the classroom. Topics covered include contraception, decision making, morality, values, character formation, self-image, the role of teachers, and the role of parents. (LRW)
Descriptors: Contraception, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Serratore, Ann, Ed.; Barney, William, Ed. – 1993
This report describes a study about teaching ethics and moral reasoning in the K-12 public schools of Connecticut. Two hundred adults and students were questioned in a random survey representing a cross section of communities in the state. The responses validate Gilligan's levels of moral development that shows different emphases of socialization…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
Kazemek, Francis E. – 1985
Literature can be used in an elementary school curriculum to provide sound moral models for children. Through the exploration of moral problems and the adoption of the perspectives of others, children may begin to develop and refine their own morality. A male and a female morality may be identified in literature. The male morality--based on the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Ethics, Females
Lickona, Thomas – 1991
Drawing from research, this book examines the current state of moral education, and asks how schools can foster the moral development of children. Following a preface, the book is divided into three parts. The first part is entitled "Educating for Values and Character" and contains four chapters: (1) The Case for Values Education; (2)…
Descriptors: Altruism, Classroom Techniques, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cooperative Learning