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Kaitlin E. Phillips – Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2024
Family Communication is an inherently value-laden class. When students walk into the classroom, some of them come with a very negative view of family, whereas others walk in with an extremely narrow view of family. By prioritizing and facilitating the importance of multiple definitions of families, instructors can move through more complex topics…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Family Characteristics, Family Relationship, Student Attitudes
Hartoonian, H. Michael; Van Scotter, Richard D. – Social Education, 2012
The social landscape of the United States can be mapped by using a series of cultural fault lines. This topography portrays conditions that descriptions of the surface fail to illuminate. Many of these schisms are the by-product of ideological positions that diminish personal responsibility and thoughtful civic discourse. If left unattended, these…
Descriptors: Freedom, Democracy, Cultural Education, Cultural Influences
Yarhouse, Mark A.; Beckstead, A. Lee – Counseling and Values, 2011
This article considers the use of group therapy to explore sexual identity questions in light of religious beliefs and values. The authors describe the basis of their group therapy approaches for sexual, religious, and social conflicts that differ from approaches that provide group members only the option of sexual reorientation to an ex-gay…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Group Therapy, Culture Conflict
Schweigert, Francis J. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
Internal evaluators encounter risks but also significant opportunities to strengthen organizational and professional ethics. Potential contributions depend, in part, on the conjunction of ethics and evaluation in the role of the internal evaluator as the person specially commissioned to investigate value and render judgment based on evidence…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Risk, Ethics, Guidelines
Nath, Baiju K.; Nair, Sreeja S. – Online Submission, 2009
It is necessary that children are taught pedagogy of peace that includes recognition and rejection of violence, understanding of differences through dialogue, critical awareness of injustice, social justice and imaginative understanding of peace. The prime responsibility of a teacher is to help students to become good human beings, motivated to…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Values Education, Values Clarification
American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC. – 2001
This document describes the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), its new mission and vision statements, and a recommended set of strategic action areas deemed essential to creating the future described in the mission and vision statements. The proposed AACC mission statement reads: "building a nation of learners by advancing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Leadership, Mission Statements
Wellington, Jean – 1980
In this document, personal experiences in counseling working women are recounted to add the dimension of personal ambivalence to the body of knowledge about discrimination against women, particularly the weak self-concept of women vis-a-vis their position in the work force. The paper begins with a discussion of role learning, in which women exist…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Employed Women, Females, Feminism
Puolimatka, Tapio – 1990
The very existence of pluralism and democratic societies is based on a commitment to certain values, since they do not keep their members in line by sheer force. Theoretically this means that antidemocratic values choices of large numbers of people would lead to the end of such societies. Thus a problem encountered by these societies is how to…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries
Edgington, William D. – Social Studies, 2002
Character education has become the fastest growing school reform movement in the United States. Surveys conducted in the last few years indicate that Americans tend to place character (values) education as the highest priority in school restructuring programs, and there is nothing to suggest that the nation's concern is temporary. Teachers in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Values Clarification, Values Education, School Restructuring
Hicks, Mary J. – Journal of College Placement, 1982
Describes a program called "Work and Work Places," designed to help students discover historical, ethical, and artistic perspectives of career options. The series of speakers and site visits examines the meaning of work in women's lives and society as a whole from a multidisciplinary approach. (JAC)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Students, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities

Mehl, James V. – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1995
Describes a college-level course that uses classic texts, such as Plato's "The Republic" and Thomas More's "Utopia," to consider concepts related to the "good society." Expands this initial approach to include consideration of a postmodernist perspective. This perspective encourages consideration of texts and ideas…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Responsibility, Content Analysis
Page, Homer; Liles, Jesse – 1981
A description is given of a course, oriented around traditional foundations of education concepts, designed to prepare regular teachers for teaching handicapped students in their classrooms. The course's philosophy is that education students should have an opportunity to apply concepts and relationships drawn from other disciplines to current…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Education Majors, Equal Education, Experiential Learning
Cutcliffe, Stephen H. – Science, Technology & Society, 1988
Examines technology as a social process by exploring social and ethical questions raised by the exploration of technological inventions. Discusses how society channels the work of scientists and engineers through institutions characteristic of society. Includes daily assignments and exam questions. (MVL)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design
Science, Technology & Society, 1988
Summarizes a workshop at the 1988 AAAS Annual Meeting to examine ethics and values education and research. Issues a series of conclusions and recommendations for expanding and improving work in the field. Notes a need to increase preservice and inservice training in ethics and values studies for science teachers. (MVL)
Descriptors: College Science, Conferences, Elementary School Science, Engineering
Trayer, Marie – 1986
A curriculum designed for secondary school fourth-year language students focuses on the human life cycle in the Hispanic cultural context. Four lessons cover the following topics: (1) Hispanic values; (2) the roles of women and men in Hispanic society; (3) customs related to dating, love, marriage, and divorce; and (4) treatment of death. Each…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Class Activities, Course Content, Cross Cultural Studies
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