The purpose of this study was to measure the degree of behavioral change in terms of some aspects of the psychological self resulting from participation training of groups from two churches. Attempt is made to describe and measure the process of growth in terms of a process model categorized into awareness, acceptance, and affirmation. Content…

The encouragement and formulation of a student's imaginative response to and "engagement" with literature and the concerns of the papers and summaries of discussions in this Dartmouth Seminar report. James Britton discusses refining the student's natural response to literature by developing his increased sense of form ("principally…

This study was designed to assess and compare the roles of intelligence and moral judgment in relation to patterns of behavior in temptation situations. Six Resistance to Temptation (RTT) tasks were administered to 106 sixth grade students. One year later, four Kohlberg Moral Judgment (MJ) tasks were administered to 100 of the same subjects. IQ…

The paper examines past and potential contributions of literature to sociology and evaluates the relationship between the two disciplines. Emphasis is on explaining how the novelist's observation as embodied in a work of fiction may be used to further the work of the social scientist. Section I identifies major uses of literature in sociological…

Primarily the result of observations made during an eighteen-day tour of the People's Republic of China (conducted by Professor Eugene Gilliom at Ohio State University), this paper examines working conditions and attitudes toward work in China. Focus in the first half of the paper is on motivation to work in China and how it differs from U.S.…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter examines the relationship between the major goal of affective educational programs--improved student self-esteem--and school crime. The author believes that by focusing on the whole person, not just the cognitive domain, schools can have an impact on the school…

These guidelines summarize dimensions of students' career planning objectives, and determine what types of career planning activities appear to be most instrumental to them in accomplishing their objectives. A second purpose is to compare the career planning activities important to students with those offered at California State Polytechnic…

Sullivan's Ethical Reasoning Scale contains three dilemmas with response pairs representing Kohlberg's stages of moral development. In Kohlberg's first three stages, goodness is equated with lack of punishment, usefulness, and approval, respectively. Good is seen as conformity to rule and ruler in stage four, and stage five comprises…

A more complete understanding of global perspective is provided in this essay through an examination of the modes of thought, sensitivities, intellectual skills, and explanatory capacities which contribute to the formation of a global perspective. With an emphasis on both a formal and informal educational level, the essay is divided into five…

Both English Canada and the United States are essentially liberal fragments of European society. But in Canada, liberalism must vie with touches of Toryism and socialism; as a result, the common good receives more formal attention than in the U.S. The extent of variation in local financial resources for education is potentially under the control…

The keynote speaker at this conference reviewed the ways to overcome the separation between humanists and what is conceived to be the real world. Humanists must not only foster greater appreciation of the arts and expose people to the background of human culture, but engage in direct interaction with critical issues and long-term social choices.…

The inclusion of philosophy as part of the elementary school curriculum is discussed in this paper. A definite trend toward specifically including ethics and logic offers a starting point for a philosophy course as part of the general curriculum or as a separate course of study. The author begins by presenting a general analysis of the recent…

The Council for Cultural Cooperation is intended to promote interaction among European nations and to initiate cooperation in remodeling educational systems. At a 1974 Brussels conference, participants discussed the moral obligation of European governments to promote sociocultural community development directed toward a greater measure of…

This is a resource guide for teachers, curriculum coordinators, curriculum developers, teacher trainers, and other educators interested in values education. The volume is the revised and expanded edition of ED 103 284. An introduction outlines and explains the guidelines used to formulate and organize the analyses of values educational materials.…

Intended for students at the intermediate and junior high grades, this interdisciplinary unit contains seven lessons on the history of the government of Indians. Each lesson includes its objectives, activities, and evaluation. The activities consist of values clarification exercises, role playing, and creative writing. It is necessary that the…