Presents an instrument designed to enable the reader to determine his philosophical position. Bibliography. (LC)

THIS RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED TO PRODUCE A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR EXAMINING THE DEGREE TO WHICH PRESENT DAY COLLEGE ATTENDANCE FACILITATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALUE ORIENTATIONS LIKELY TO ENCOURAGE FUTURE GOOD CITIZENSHIP. A SECOND PURPOSE WAS TO BROADEN THE DOMAIN OF VALUES GENERALLY STUDIED BY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO INCLUDE THE…

The Environmental Issues Test (EIT) is an instrument designed to assess moral and ethical reasoning within a scientific or technological context. It is comprised of five dilemma stories each of which highlights an environmental issue and the moral conflicts inherent in that issue. Following each dilemma story is a series of 12 issues statements,…

A model for analyzing and comparing values education materials is presented. The model is based on other curriculum and evaluation models, such as those proposed by Morrissett and others (1969). The first section outlines five existing approaches to teaching values: inculcation, clarification, cognitive-developmental approach, analysis, and the…

This document reviews 14 instruments for measuring attitudes and values in environmental education. Comments are made on the strengths and weaknesses of the instruments and the restricted nature of their content. Lists of additional sources and references cited are also included. (SL)

In examining the role of values in the curriculum, the author raises four problems: (1) Can one justify trying to change student values at all? (2) Can one justify one particular set of values? (3) Can one demonstrate the occurrence of change in student values due to the educational factor? and (4) Can one measure student values? The goal, in…

An instrument for measuring the value orientation of educational administrators was constructed following the model developed by England for measuring the value orientation of managers. The instrument was administered, via mail, to a stratified sample of 210 administrators from five States in the Plains and Rocky Mountain areas. Respondents rated…

The fact that youth's aspirations, activities, and attitudes are related both to socioeconomic background and, independently of this, to ethno-cultural background, suggests that forces in society, other than the youth culture, continue to share significantly in the development of value structures in modern youth. (Author)

This paper illustrated the kind of basic thinking required before values are studied or measured. (Author/RK)

This is a study of values and value systems of various groups of elementary school pupils from ages nine to twelve. The research is based upon Milton Rokeach's (1968) conceptualization of values and value systems and upon his methodology of value measurement. A two-fold purpose of the study is stated: 1) to modify the Rokeach Value Survey in order…

An instrument was designed to identify implicit values in secondary school physical education classes by measuring achievement, autonomy, orderliness, privacy, specificity, and universalism. (MB)

Presented a sample of the Youth Research Survey for use in comparing attitudes of young people and adults. Provided assistance in at least three areas: faculty in-service, curriculum development, and counseling. (Author/RK)

This study investigated some ways to tap the perceptions of the community toward the school and the educational values of parents, teachers, and administrators, providing school principals with the data on which to base an effective school-community relations program. The dual objectives of the study were: (a) to ascertain whether the degree of…