Because many of today's issues are complex and confusing, children need opportunities and help in value development other than the traditional kinds. Describes value clarification techniques available to the teacher. (Author/DR)

The effect of the use of selected values clarification strategies on self-concept, school sentiment, and reading achievement was investigated in a sample of 240 pupils in grades four, five, and six, of two elementary schools. Teachers in the experimental school were trained in values clarification through a series of workshops; teachers in the…

This document is written to describe a model which will enable teachers to incorporate values clarification and moral development within content-centered learning episodes. It also attempts to explain to teachers what the processes of values clarification and moral development are and to train teachers to recognize student verbal behaviors…

High school students (N=600) ranked marriage, parenthood, and occupational values. Results showed the distributions of rankings and ratings were highly overlapping for all groups by sex, socioeconomic status, and ethnic categories. Analyses of results, however, emphasize the three roles are linked in the perceptions of females. (JAC)

The development of values clarification in education can open the door to growth and self-fulfillment for the individual. (JD)

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)

The Benton High School values clarification program is an orderly sequence of structured group activities directed toward clarifying students' values and decisions as part of a one-semester elective sociology class open to all juniors and seniors. Evaluation indicates program participants moved toward a stronger belief in internal control in…

This survey assesses the status of student, teacher, and parent values in Washington (District of Columbia) public schools and examines attitudes toward current values-centered programs. The following value domains, which have the greatest impact on adolescent social and psychological development, are included: (1) educational; (2) moral; (3)…

A study was made of approximately 100 college students' attitudes toward two-paycheck families, using a questionnaire. The study found no support for "working mother" guilt and anxiety; for example, there was no overall family conflict effect evident. When compared with students from families with nonemployed mothers, students from two-paycheck…

Values and the process of valuing were studied among college students. A framework for conceptualizing college student values developed over a period of 2 years by a 10-member faculty and staff committee at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond) involved the movement of students from recognition of values, through critical thinking, to…

Administered questionnaires to 1,459 secondary social studies students in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands to examine age, gender, and country differences in adolescents' perceptions of classroom climate. Studied relationships between political attitudes and perceived classroom climate and between the use of…