The main goal of this paper is to analyse the effect of high school scholarships tied to community service on the development of secondary school students in Northwest China. Using data from three rounds of surveys of thousands of students in 298 classes in 75 high schools in Shaanxi province, the paper documents the implementation of the…

This study focused on the planning, implementation and evaluation of a character-based school culture (CBSC) project in Taiwan. The project integrated the principles of justice, caring and developmental discipline and was influenced by several well-known American models of character education programmes. The CBSC project was conducted in a…

This inquiry applies the Moral Work of Teaching (MWT) Framework to analyse the psychological, moral and educational assumptions, and the contingent factors, that explain the basic features of the Child Development Project's (CDP) approach to moral education. The analysis, it is suggested, not only illuminates the CDP's approach, but the virtues…

This paper describes an experiment in classroom moral education and reports its results. (Author)

Presents a critique of the values clarification model as developed by Louis E. Raths and associates in such works as "Values and Teaching: Working with Values in the Classroom" and "Values Clarification: A Handbook of Suggestions". They are critically evaluated with reference to theoretical considerations and to other models of…

Discussed the need to reach agreement on precise objectives in sex education. (Author/RK)

Ten delinquent boys in a home operated on a just community philosophy, which stresses moral discussion and participatory democracy in making and enforcing rules and in resolving interpersonal conflict, moved up an average of one-third of a stage in their reasoning on the Kohlberg moral judgment interview. (Author/RM)

The authors analyse and compare two of the major moral education programmes in the United States, namely, Character Education Curriculum and the Values Clarification Programme. (Editor)

The authors report an empirical study, evaluating the effectiveness of a moral education programme in schools. (Editor)

Some of the character education programs that were implemented in American public schools during the first three decades of this century are examined. The educational theory underlying these programs is contrasted to John Dewey's ideas on moral education. (Editor)