This article reviews values clarification theory and goes beyond its explicit doctrines to discuss shortcomings. (MT)

Analyzed Rokeach Value Surveys completed by 57 alcoholics and addicts who had obtained at least 3 years' abstinence using a 12-step program of recovery. Data suggested a shift in values is involved in recovery from alcoholism through participation in Alcoholics Anonymous and that values clarification and value therapy may be useful in chemical…

This article examines findings from three focus groups conducted about resolving ethical dilemmas in the area of domestic violence. The study's findings point to the need to increase content on domestic violence throughout the social work curriculum and provide educational opportunities for field instructors and local professionals. Helping…

As school personnel deal with many aspects of sexuality -- its informational, affective, and attitudenal dimensions, strategies of values clarification, moral education, consultation activities, and alternative pupil activities are presented to facilitate understanding of the sexual domain in youth. (Author/JH)

The contribution of philosophy to education in terms of clarifying concepts and values involved in education is discussed. Philosophers must attempt to enter the decision-making processes of education wherever appropriate. Focus is on philosophy in principle and practice. (TJH)

Addresses the dilemma that value clarification theorists have exposed themselves to a charge of relativism because they wished to avoid the indictment that they were moralizers in the classroom. Concludes that it is possible to teach values in a way that respect for universally valid values is fostered. (JOW)

Today's teachers are tossing aside the old argument that lessons in morals and values should be taught only in the home or at church. They are also tackling a new curriculum area that focuses on helping youngsters shape their own value systems, with no sermonizing involved. It's called values clarification. (Author)

Proposes to initiate dialog on ethical issues inherent in the field of adult education and to stimulate individual and collective ethical exploration by adult educators. (JOW)

Adolescent pregnancy and AIDS warrant a reexamination of child welfare workers' professional values toward adolescent sexuality. Presents an exercise designed to assist practitioners in understanding the hidden values that influence intervention. (SAK)

The problem with values clarification was not necessarily the process, but the concept's misinterpretation and misapplication. Because children are confused by inconsistently applied adult values, this article recommends a valuing process allowing children to go beyond lip service to actual affirmation and internalization of values. Includes six…

This paper, highlights the forthcoming book "Educating for Democracy." The book articulates the conditions under which political teaching and learning in college is and is not legitimate, making the case that education for political development can and should be conducted in a manner that is consistent with the core values of higher education…

Educators seek to nurture in the hearts and minds of students a sense of moral thinking, action and behaviour. What these constitute is dependent on one's perspective, or worldview. Moral thinking and action emerge from worldviews or visions of life--religious or secular. In the history of common or public schools educators have linked moral…

In this paper, we investigate the content and structure of teachers' pedagogical values. We have used the process of value clarification with 24 teachers to encourage them to recognize and articulate their own values and beliefs related to their professional morality and to their school community. This paper examines both the normative and…

The paper explores the evaluation of values in the deaf population noting more similarities than differences between deaf and hearing persons, presenting data on the usefulness of an adapted values questionnaire with deaf subjects, and suggesting that differences are a result of a differential environment rather than of pathology. (DB)

Collaborative sponsorship arrangements have heightened continuing educators' awareness of the frequency with which rights, obligations, and values come into conflict. In this article, the author identifies the major sources of values conflict for continuing professional education and shows how principles or moral reasoning can be used to resolve…