The importance of studying Athenian democracy is emphasized. Suggestions and source materials for teaching Athenian democracy are presented, and a teaching method is detailed. (SW)

An educational research project dealt with teaching slow learners to analyze their values related to public and private issues. Findings from a test sample of 75 ninth and tenth grade slow learning students indicated that the students did not exhibit greater understanding of value dilemmas when classroom projects dealing with the dilemmas were…

Describes the moral discussion approach and the deliberate psychological education approach to morals education. Reports the impact of a values course, nine weeks of psychological awareness followed by nine weeks of moral discourse, on the moral development of eleventh grade students. (JK)

The lesson is designed to acquaint students with the positions taken on environmental issues by leading jurists. Activities include writing the second act of an environmental play, role play, dramatic reading, and class discussion. (Author/DB)

The author outlines the use of value change techniques in college international relations courses in order to enhance student motivation. (JR)

This examination of various bases for choosing teaching behaviors emphasizes the teacher's values concerning aims and elements of education. Research data on teaching effectiveness are described as inconsistent. Prescriptions by experts, modeling, and adherence to a philosophical position are useful only when based on teacher's awareness of…

Explores how teachers in early childhood programs can contribute to the aesthetic development of young children. Suggestions include sharing awareness of beauty; attending to design of school environment; providing fine art in classroom; exploring artwork with children; providing beautiful books; direct experience with art/artists; providing…

Describes the rationale for teaching the cognitive context of argument and argumentation, presents an example of an approach to value argument, and discusses the role of the unconscious in argument. (PD)

Describes an aid designed to reinforce the meaning of one- and two-digit numbers by building a strong bridge between iconic representation of numbers and their various abstract, symbolic representations. Although most suited for first- and second-grade students, it has been used successfully with kindergartners and in remedial work with older…

Responds to Roger Knight's criticisms of "English within the Arts." (HOD)

The author contends that behavioral objectism is an ill-conceived combination of notions and assumptions which may do more to impede environmental education than to aid it. His alternative to behavioral objectism is a methodology of experience constructed on the foundation of pragmatic naturalism, where students and teachers cooperate as…

Five international conferences were held during the 1990s by the Peace Education Commission, a semi-independent subgroup of the International Peace Research Association. The conferences were held in Groningen (The Netherlands), Firenze (Italy), Kyoto (Japan), Budapest (Hungary), and Valletta (Malta). This document is a brief commentary on the…

The decline in morality in the scientific arena and enterprise suggests a need for intervention in schools. This paper provides a rationale for the teaching of values in the science classroom through an evaluation of the current science curriculum, a discussion of the purpose of a science education, and an examination of the consequences of…

Author suggests that teachers must use appropriate questions to lead children toward exploring their inner world. (Author/RK)