Understanding ethical boundaries in student affairs work can be challenging and difficult to navigate for student affairs professionals. The purpose of this article is to examine the complexities of dual relationships and the ethical issues that may arise. As a result, the authors offer tools to (a) identify various perspectives in resolving…

Values clarification is a dynamic process in which people come to understand what they individually view as important in their lives by placing a name or label to what one values. This process commonly occurs during the traditional college years and is a critical component of leadership education. This qualitative study examined how junior-level…

Midwives play a pivotal role in women's health in the face of increased deaths related to backyard abortions. Since the commencement in South Africa of the Name of the Act No. 92 of 1996 that allows abortion services, there has been a moral divide among healthcare workers in South Africa. This article reflects the opinions of preregistration…

The present study incorporated a scaffolding decision making procedure on an authentic environmental socio-scientific issue and investigated how students' decisions are intertwined with their values. Computer-based activities provided necessary information and allowed for the consideration of multiple aspects of the issue, the study of the effects…

The contribution of philosophy to education in terms of clarifying concepts and values involved in education is discussed. Philosophers must attempt to enter the decision-making processes of education wherever appropriate. Focus is on philosophy in principle and practice. (TJH)

A model of decision-making in regard to health education is presented which focuses on the elements of knowledge, values, and strategy. (GW)

The authors stress that teaching persons to communicate their values is an important component of an educational program of values clarification. (GW)

Teaching values clarification in the elementary classroom provides students with a method to sort out alternate courses of action and arrive at the decisions they feel are right for them. Values clarification consists of choosing, prizing the choice, and acting on the choice. (Author/KC)

A decision matrix as a technique for making rational planning decisions is presented. (EC)

Exploring the questions (1) What are values?, (2) How can values help the individual relate to his world? and (3) What is evaluation?, the author suggests ways an evaluator's values can constructively affect program evaluation. (Author/SK)

Discusses how social workers' ethical decisions are influenced by professional roles, practice experiences, individualized perspectives, personal preferences, motivations, and attitudes. Posits that through reflective self-awareness, social workers can recognize their value preferences and recognize the ways in which these values unknowingly…

Reports on research to see if value clarification would affect student attitudes toward science and biology and improve achievement in a BSCS Yellow Version biology course. Results indicated higher achievement by the group exposed to value clarification but no significant difference in attitudes between this group and the control group. (BR)

Although it is often useful to accept students' value statements nonjudgmentally, values clarification theory recommends that teachers go beyond moral leadership and help students learn to think through their personal values and understand what it takes to live a value-directed life. Methods to promote and clarify our "heritage of moral values"…

Describes the development of a Values Conflict Resolution Assessment (VCRA) and reports on validation and reliability. Items were constructed from theoretical criteria in values clarification and decision making with "ethical-emotional" and "rational-behavioral" components. VCRA scores correlated negatively with…

Describes a simulation, "Ethics for Administrators," which is designed to help the student understand why he takes certain ethical positions and not others, and to challenge him to identify the systematic elements within his professional ethics. (Author/CK)