The Ohio State University artist-in-the-schools program was developed to introduce ideas about dance as an art form. Dance experiences allow the child to view the aesthetic dimension of movement and heighten kinesthetic awareness and bodily intelligence. (DF)

Reports the results of a quasi-experimental study designed to assess the effects of values development lessons on students' self-reported attitudes and behaviors. Results showed that the 48 10- to 15-year-old students involved in the study improved in the behavioral measure but not on the self-report scales. (JDH)

Discusses one approach to teaching fourth graders about death through children's literature. (DD)

This paper illustrates the effectiveness of two models of STL teaching in the classroom. The teaching of scientific and technological literacy for all (STL) involves increasing the relevance of teaching through relating it to local issues or concerns and incorporating values education. STL supplementary teaching materials were defined as materials…

Teacher approaches to the controversial issue of the conflict between quality of life and economic growth are suggested for elementary and secondary grade levels. (KM)

Teachers can assist students in gaining insight into racism by introducing concepts, but they should be complemented by allowing the student to freely value, thereby examining many alternatives when making value choices. (Author/RK)

Article focuses on a project developed jointly by the St. Louis Board of Education and the Legal Aid Society of the City and County of St. Louis to provide legal education at the high school level. (Editor)

Discusses the concepts of self," self-identification," and self-experience" in traditional Western psychology and in the enlightenment of the East, represented by Zen, as they relate to the education of the individual. (MB)

This article deals with the claim that teaching is an art. The particular view of art held by Heidegger is explored in an effort to find the meaning of art and of teaching. (CJ)

Process approaches advocate that moral educators should abstain from offering their moral views and from persuading others of their views' merits. Several process approaches are examined to determine if they have good grounds for emphasizing process instead of product. These approaches are inadequate vehicles for conducting moral education. (SR)

Argues that if teachers maintain task involvement in all children, they will achieve justifiable form of educational equality. Discusses social and personal factors which influence task involvement, including value framework of school (i.e., purpose school is seen to serve), organizational strategies adopted to facilitate learning, and specific…

Summarizes positions in favor of and opposed to euthanasia. Presents suggestions for discussing euthanasia in high school biology classes. (MA)

Considers the problem of values in economics teaching on the secondary level in areas of content and teaching methods. Concludes that the transmission of values is unavoidable and that economics teachers should devise ways of dealing with values in a constructive manner. (DB)

Suggests several questions which can lead adolescents to discover their own reading interests and needs. (MKM)