Describes a values related activity which allows an individual to explore his/her own values, attitudes and emotions concerning attributes of a husband or a wife. (Author/EJT)

By observing the patterns of language that students use, teachers may infer that valuing is taking place. They may then plan, teach, and assess learning according to student performance. (JH)

The author describes values clarifiction as an educational approach which employs practical strategies, is consistent with democratic society, covers a variety of issues, adapts to all subject matter, and can be done at all ability levels. (Author/AV)

The values clarification approach contains conceptual, ethical, and practical flaws. These include failure to distinguish moral from non-moral value issues, use of methods which jeopardize students' privacy rights, reliance on assumptions and methods of approaches to therapy, and absence of persuasive research to support claims of effectiveness.

This paper briefly reports on a two-hour workshop aimed at helping college students clarify values in selecting an employment setting. The module was presented to four subgroups of fifty-eight community college students. Each individual, with the assistance of his group, decided what was important for him or her in selecting an employment setting.…

The values clarification approach is a novel and exciting method of working with students in groups. This article describes a pilot project in values clarification initiated by the Student Personnel Services Branch of the Manitoba Department of Education. (Author)

Education can affect changes in the core personality postures that describe the value-prejudices that shape people's lives. (JH)

The practical task of this paper is to look at the implications of moral and value education theory and techniques for counseling, particularly the demand they place on the counselor to make the process a disintegrative one, leading to reintegration on higher levels of values and humanness. (Author)

This article describes a values clarification program conducted among young male residents of a school for drug and social behavioral problems in Mexico. (JMF)

The author criticizes values clarification techniques done without parental consent in non-elective courses because they invade privacy, lead to ethical relativism, and have the potential to damage children's ego-strength. (Author/AV)

Several questions are raised in this article about the effectiveness of the values clarification approach. The article concludes that values clarification is a consistent and carefully sequenced approach to helping students live their lives in a more consistent and satisfying manner. (Author)

The development of values clarification in education can open the door to growth and self-fulfillment for the individual. (JD)

Schools should continue to teach values now that traditional institutions (church, family) have less impact on children. Although some new techniques have concerned parents, it is the school's responsibility to teach the secular value system which is an outgrowth of the religious values of our nation's founders. (AV)