Educational imagery is a teaching method that guides students into decision-making situations through directed daydreaming or fantasizing. The theory is that if a decision is clearly imagined and acted out, the process will be facilitated in real life. (JN)

Offers suggestions on how teachers can use different teaching methods to get students to like and value social studies. Information is presented on involving all teachers and administrators in initial social studies planning, encouraging feedback, developing meaningful staff development programs, and diagnosing students' social and learning needs…

Suggests that an individual's culture may be seen as a developing interaction to three different levels of experience--personal, interpersonal, and impersonal--and that English teachers need to think out their work in relation to all three levels. (GT)

Discusses methods for dealing with the inclusion of controversial issues in a science program. Two kinds of issues are treated: those that arouse parental sensitivity and those over which consensus has yet to be reached. (CS)

Three articles by practicing instructors suggest techniques for improving developmental student success. Judith Maisey describes values clarification strategies designed to help students better understand their world views. Beverly Stratton discusses the use of graphics in teaching paragraph organization. Judy Lambert outlines writing topics…

Points out positive aspects of mainstreaming for both hadicapped and nonhandicapped children. Indicates specific teaching approaches appropriate for children with special needs such as language/speech disability, and mental, hearing, visual and physical impairments. Provides 10 guidelines for teaching in the mainstreamed classroom. (Author/RH)

Examines normative and methodological foundations of teaching international political economy. Stresses the need for a critical value perspective, an historical approach, and a holistic and historically grounded theoretical framework. (Author/DB)

Describes a learning module developed to teach child welfare workers conceptual material on social work values and ethics as guides for practice, and skills enabling them to bring value issues to bear in their relationship with clients. (CM)

Reviewing empirical and theoretical literature about sharing behavior, this article suggests practical methods for implementing instruction on moral behavior in the elementary school. Examples of instruction that are compatible with existing curriculum goals are presented and special attention is given to clarifying the role of the teacher.…

Investigates which types of reflective activities should be considered as philosophy and reviews how education, experience, and philosophy are interrelated. Journal availability: see SO 507 421. (DB)

On the surface, Ponapean culture and values seem dominant in student behavior despite the American schooling structure. However, a major cultural transformation is occurring, as children are forced, because of age-grade structure, to form a new social order based on peer relationships rather than family structure. (RW)

Describes the Orava Project in Slovakia, a school reform project involving the University of Northern Iowa in collaboration with Slovakian teachers and institutions, to prepare citizens for democracy. Describes how, with literacy instruction at its core, the project is working with pre-school, kindergarten, and elementary teachers, and with school…

This article discusses how the exploration of opera with high-ability students can contribute to positive social and emotional development, particularly the development of humane intelligence, by stimulating ethical and moral awareness, making connections with age-old truths of humanity, and providing a powerful genre for self-expression. Teaching…

Maintains there is a positive correlation between the study of ideologies and democracy, stressing that political theorists should teach political ideologies. Examines the current debate over the study of ideologies and the history of ideology. Suggests ways studying ideologies teaches students democratic values, and defines democratic thinking as…

Stories can help teachers give children models and mores for reflection and growth. This article suggests specific books that deal with lying and provides guidelines for class discussion. (IAH)