Positive and negative implications of the eventuality that American homes will be equipped to provide interactive instruction in the home well before the end of the century are discussed, together with the limitations appropriate to such instruction. Home and rural schools are compared as potential sites for purposes of longer-term planning with…

Reveals that teaching about controversial issues increases students' self-confidence and interest in civic participation. Asserts that the current proliferation of social problems combined with exploitative media coverage necessitates civil and objective study of controversial issues. Includes several examples of, and approaches to, teaching about…

Technology education in teacher preparation should challenge preservice students to build new understandings beyond the technical about the relationship of technology in schools to society and the connection of that relationship to democratic life. The paper examines the perspectives of student teachers in a one-year program that infuses…

Discusses the role of religious education in British schools and what characteristics are appropriate for teaching this subject. Asserts that the Western concept of spiritual education is divided between a religious and a secular approach to curriculum development and instructional methods. (CFR)

Study examined the intended planning and teaching decisions of 11 secondary physical education teachers to determine their rationale and goals for a socially focused curriculum. Results suggested teachers' goals for student learning were consistent with an emphasis on social responsibility within the categories of understanding, respect, and…

Methods of persuasion are suggested to assure the transformation of children from an object of persuasion and a consumer of ideological information into the subject of ideological and moral persuasion who actively applies his convictions in his life. (Author/KM)

This response to recent criticisms of the new social studies deals with some of the problems in areas of inquiry, value clarification, humanization, current events, and conflict resolution found in social studies texts. (JR)

Encouraging schools to shoulder the responsibility of teaching personal ethics, these authors outline various teaching methods for the study of ethical questions. (Editor)

A RESOURCE UNIT FOR TEACHERS IS PRESENTED. IT AIMS AT EXPLAINING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF A CITIZEN, DEVELOPING THE PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY, AND DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT QUESTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SUGGESTED METHODS FOR TEACHING THE UNIT INVOLVED--THE USE OF CASE STUDIES, MASS MEDIA…

Major obstacles to good teaching of literature are discussed. To teach literature is to teach reading of mature literature, by oneself. Certain characteristics of our culture present major obstacles to accomplishing this teaching task: (1) the fact that we are a business-oriented culture with values that conflict with those that are inherent in…

Investigates the impetus toward values education in the science curriculum. Provides lists of values which students most often associate with scientists, and compares these with values of society in general. Describes some methods developed for the teaching of values. (CP)

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 teaching of moral values and sensitivity in the schools is discussed in this article. Some teaching techniques, resource materials, and New York State programs designed to develop values are described. (GC)