Within a sea change in the structure and process of providing health services, the field of health administration education has moved decisively and concretely from a teaching-centered model of education based on the assumption that knowledge equals competency to a learning-centered model. The learning-centered, or student-centered, model is based…

Curriculum planning is presented as an ideological theory which is both a contributor to and instrument of social policy. A statement of theory is essential for discussions of core curriculum, and, more importantly, for clarifying the purpose of education within society (f=fiche number). (CP)

The World Order Models Project is discussed from the standpoint of the problem of values as they effect diagnosis and prognosis for world order by the multi-national program participants. (JH)

The author looks at a major aim of education, for which there are no standardized achievement tests. She proposes a model for teachers to work on. (Editor)

The disparity between what adults say and what they do is a source of conflict for young people who are in the process of solidifying their life values. (CK)

Paradigms developed from process and content choices are: (1) scientific, discipline centered, (2) humanistic, discipline centered, (3) scientific, practical-problem centered, and (4) humanistic, practical-problem centered. Each is examined for its logical implications for the role of the social studies teacher. (Author/VW)

Describes status/role of values education, considering educational approaches to values by highlighting distinctive features of each. A values model is proposed to aid environmental educators in planning/conducting a value-based curriculum. Fourteen skills are listed which can be used to build a curriculum which incorporates a wide range of…

Identifies major value bases which have been used to teach values in the classroom and outlines a values education program which stresses teaching about values without indoctrination. Based upon the hierarchy of human needs developed by psychologist Abraham Maslow, the program is based upon universal values, basic human needs, and recognition of…

Describes the Healing Web project, which brings together nursing educators and nursing leaders to manage the transition from the present to the future of nursing education and service. The goal of the Healing Web is to create a values-based curriculum that could generate the support of all. (JOW)

Discusses the need for K-12 energy education models that are interdisciplinary, relevant, value-oriented, and future-oriented. (MA)

Suggests that school systems select a comprehensive framework before encouraging individual teachers or schools to develop a values education program. Procedures for creating this framework are cited, including problem definition, identification of alternatives, assessing alternatives, and synthesis of information. (Author/DB)

Three tasks are described in the development of a Valuing Lexicon: 1) the identification of a hierarchy of cognitive processes; 2) the identification of the affective components; and, 3) the clarification of the relationships between the two. For the purpose of clarifying the development of the lexicon, Krathwohl's hierarchy on what 'valuing'…

In this article, the author describes a model for environmental education curriculum development in the public schools based on a decision-making approach. Included in the curriculum content are problems concerning the methods of science, technology, and morality, all being considered as an integral part of environmental education. (MA)

Educational research and development (R&D) has often been characterized as a neat, linear sequence of discrete steps, moving from research through development to evaluation and dissemination. Although the inadequacies of such linear models of educational research and development have been pointed out previously, these models have been so much…

Discusses mutuality, reciprocity, and altruism as humane ideals which cause people to alter their decision making processes in morally aware and sensitive ways. Scenarios involving endangered species and a framework for examining decisions are included. Available from: National Association for the Advancement of Humane Education, University of…