The Damon hierarchy of development of children's sense of positive justice is examined for its usefulness in predicting fairness in behavior and reliability in age patterning of its stated levels of reasoning. The hierarchy's value as a developmental schedule for teacher guidance may be questionable. (Author)

Civic education has been assigned a low priority. Team effort and team competition should be as prominent in cerebral development as in athletics in order to improve citizen skills and citizen orientation. Reward structures are needed where collective problem solving is more highly prized than individual achievement. (RDN)

The aims of punishment as traditionally conceived are, in the case of children, incompatible with the aims of moral education. The onus of justification must rest with those who wish to impose upon children. (Author/RM)

Reviews literature related to practical efforts to cultivate desired moral development reasoning and behavior. Uses Kohlberg's concepts as a reference point to help identify issues, problems, and possibilities, and proposes several practical guidelines for moral development training in the schools. (JAC)

Author challenged Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development with its conjoint moral standards. One's knowledge of the principle of moral justice, he said, does not offer him directives for dealing with specific moral conflicts. (Editor/RK)

This article suggests two projects for high school students to help them analyze the steps that lead to involvements such as Watergate. (Author/RM)

Author discusses Kohlberg's developments and feels they can help in the development of a mature moral consciousness. (GB)

American independent schools could make themselves known and valued as ethics-teaching oases in the desert of our contemporary amorality (Author)

Believing that the 3-educational system of Yugoslavia can be understood only by considering its development in terms of the history of its three constituent republics, the author examines the educational histories of Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia before 1918. In spite of all measures introduced to promote literacy and education, the people had not…

Author shows that teachers cannot remain effectively detached from the moral education of their students. (Editor/MB)

The data collected would argue for a continued effort in providing appropriate educational programs to facilitate students' learning and understanding about human sexuality. (Author)

A discussion of Lenin's view of individual moral requirements in a communist society. (JB)

Examines the current status of school-community cooperation in the character building and socialization of youth, and makes suggestions for improvement. (JB)

Provides selections from history, mythology, children's literature, current events, and journalistic accounts that may be used as classroom materials in teaching the value of honesty. Includes a bibliography of resources on honesty. (MJL)