This secondary humanities curriculum is based on four assumptions: humanities are for all students, must be interdisciplinary as well as presented through multimedia, deal with real issues affectively as well as cognitively, involve value judgements and decision making. (JH)

Suggests that structuralist arguments in the teaching of English question the ideology that has traditionally informed the study of literature--the very idea that such a study is a "humane" activity. (HOD)

This article makes a realistic appraisal of the future of interdisciplinary humanities courses at the secondary level and discusses what impact it might have on the total school curriculum. The journal is available from the National Association for Humanities Education, P. O. Box 628, Kirksville, Missouri 63501. Articles from this issue are SO 504…

Cites episodes from "The Bill Cosby Show,""Family Ties," and "Hill Street Blues" to suggest the humanizing potential of television. (EL)

Values clarification involves students in the information and concepts presented in their courses. This article discusses values clarification techniques for use in the teaching of social studies, English, and the humanities, at all grade levels. (Author/RM)

This publication about moral education is a conversation between a university professor of religion and the chairman of a high school social studies department. As part of the National Humanities Faculty Why Series, the book is intended to help students, teachers, and citizens maintain and improve their intellectual vigor and human awareness and…

This study was designed to determine what effect knowledge of value clarification would have on the reading comprehension of eighth graders. The use of value clarification involves students in decision making, identification with characters or situations, evaluative judgments, appreciations, and so forth. In this study reading comprehension was…

A secondary course designed to study human attitudes and values through the use of multimedia, multidiscipline social studies is described. For journal availability see annotation SO 504 171. (Author/DE)

Prospective theater teachers not only can be trained to develop self-actualization in high school students, but they must develop self-actualization in themselves. Self-actualization, as the cornerstone of humanism, emphasizes the achievable goal of being (rather than becoming) creative, spontaneous, curious, concerned about others,…

This article discusses ways in which elementary and secondary teachers can help students understand, cope, and deal more knowingly with hurt feelings. (Author/RM)

This article reviews the alienated individual's view of work, explores vocational development theory, and suggests that, to aid the alienated, vocational guidance begin with the question of values. (Author)

This paper offers an overview of the Kohlberg theory and describes the curriculum materials, teaching process, and the techniques for teacher training used in the research design for the Values Education Project. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Meeting, Chicago, 1975. (Author)

This study tested the hypothesis that there will be statistically significant main effects and interaction effects for school level assignment (elementary, junior high, and senior high) and support for middle school organizational concepts on pupil control ideology. A random sample of 252 teachers participated. A two-way analysis of variance…

Designed to assist young people to live together more harmoniously, this third of a series of three detailed teacher's guides is meant for grades 7-12. The goal of the program is to integrate into the classroom those activities and experiences which will assist the student to appreciate the enduring importance of family life, to develop a strong…

While preparing students for jobs is an important goal of vocational education, helping students to develop a process of values clarification is also necessary. An analysis of education for self-realization, the values clarification approach, is presented for vocational educators. (MF)