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Heslep, Robert D. – 1995
This book addresses the widening and deepening decline of the control of behavior toward one another that has emerged in the United States since the middle of this century, viewed by the writer as a profound problem. The volume argues the solution is a conception of moral education. The rationale here is developed in a dialogical form and…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Integrity
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Raywid, Mary Anne – Issues in Education, 1986
Examines management approaches in ethical terms, arriving at numerous criteria applicable to educational administration. Discusses scientific management, morally neutral concepts, hyperrationalization, tightening of controls, and the business/industry model as having eclipsed or confused the moral dimensions of education. Calls for enlarged moral…
Descriptors: Criteria, Decentralization, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education
Noddings, Nel; Witherell, Carol – 1993
This 72-item bibliography presents an overview of publications related to moral development. The listing includes books and articles related to individual moral character development and how schools are involved in the development process. (EH)
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Integrity
Boyd, Gary M. – 1982
Educational games are usually developed by copying existing recreational games and adding instructional components, or by using the intuitive preferences of the designer. However, existing games attract people through ideological value exemplifications. Moreover, whatever else they teach, games teach ideologies of either preservation, equality, or…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Educational Games, Hidden Curriculum, Incidental Learning
Bjerstedt, Ake – 1996
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…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Higher Education
Mason, Marion G; Gibbs, John C. – Moral Education Forum, 1993
Asserts that, among the concerns in recent research in moral development, has been the steps involved in moral judgment stage development. Reports on a study of 490 college students and adults on the primary perspective-taking factors associated within the transition to mature moral judgment. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Integrity
Audigier, Francois – 1993
This booklet explores the question of what the role and task of schools should be in facing the changes underway in educational systems throughout Europe. The school's tasks always been that of teaching, educating and preparing children for life in society. Ethical and moral standards has been seen as part of that task. This area is also very…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Farmer, Eyleen H. – 1986
Considering that values and value systems are determinants of human behavior and that the school system is a primary agent of values inculcation, this study assesses whether the school setting has an impact on the value priorities of students. The Rokeach Value Survey was administered to 68 students of both sexes attending three local high schools…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis
Mayton, Daniel M., II; And Others – 1992
Individuals such as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully employed nonviolent strategies to attain significant political goals. Despite the implications of these achievements, psychologists rarely have studied predispositions to nonviolent behavior empirically. This study investigated the relationships among nonviolent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior, Behavior Problems
Burwell, Ron; And Others – 1992
A longitudinal study investigated developmental changes in moral and ethical decision-making among college students at three Christian, evangelical, liberal arts colleges. The three colleges had an "ethics across the curriculum" emphasis in place during the period of the study. The study began in 1987 with 99 freshmen from a total incoming class…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Students, Decision Making, Ethics
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Joseph, Pamela B.; Efron, Sara – Journal of Moral Education, 1993
Reports on the results of 180 questionnaires given to public school teachers and 26 structured follow-up interviews on how teachers view themselves as moral educators. Found that teachers' individual moralities shaped the choices they made. Discovered that, although reluctant to teach values directly, teachers feel a commitment to share their…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Codes of Ethics, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles
Shapiro, Joan Poliner; Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll – 1987
This paper indicates the need for women's studies ethics courses and the examination of student concepts of morality. It proposes the ethical study of social problems not usually considered in undergraduate classes and illustrates the importance of the study of historical perspectives and situational ethics in the teaching of complex contemporary…
Descriptors: Altruism, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Controversial Issues (Course Content)