Urges teachers and community leaders to come together to decide how schools can be "restructured in their core elements--grades, sports, teacher-pupil relations--to make them sources of ethical conduct rather than training grounds for cheating and coping with arbitrary authority". Also warns that early reading can suppress the creative…

Sophomore and senior female students from traditional and progressive high schools were interviewed to determine stage of moral development (Kohlberg scale) and epistemological development (Perry scale). On both scales, progressive school seniors scored higher than traditional school seniors. Seniors' mean scores were significantly higher than…

Discusses the value of simulation games in moral education in four categories: fun and games; games as simulations of real life; games as motivators; and morality and game theory. Also examines the gaming aspects of morality, as well as the physical, psychological, precedent-setting, and internal consequences of an action. (Author/JK)

A model to evaluate programs that stress career and values education has been developed by Project COVE of St. Louis University. Its desired outcomes and characteristics are presented along with its processes. (Author/LBH)

Offers a critical analysis of Kohlberg's moral development theory. Claims that the theory misses a level of operative structures and needs to have its stage descriptions revised. Concludes by considering instructional implications. (Author/JDH)

Describes a geography lesson that computer and social studies teachers present together to teach elementary and secondary school students about computers and help them place the technology in a social context. (MBR)

Discusses the contributions to educational theory and practice and particularly moral education of Edward Thring. Nineteen eighty-seven is the centenary of the death of Thring who, as headmaster of Uppingham School, built it from a small country grammar school to a thriving public school of national reputation. Includes several quotes from Thring.…

Emphasizes the ethical aims of liberal education, and proposes several ways to provide ethical instruction through the teaching of literature. (MM)

Assesses the changes generated by electronic technology which affect our traditional patterns of moral development. Discusses how children form values from what they watch on television and provides ideas for helping children and young adults develop critical viewing skills. (GEA)

Discusses three goals of character development for elementary school children: promoting (1) cooperative relationships and mutual respect; (2) moral agency; and (3) a moral community based on fairness, caring, and participation. Explores teaching strategies for building self-esteem and fostering cooperation, moral reflection, and participative…

Presents seven scenarios of varying degrees of severity regarding ethical lapses by students outside of the classroom, with responses. (JK)

Dicusses some probable developments in the areas of biotechnologies and information technologies and their implications for ethical preparation, new pedagogical models, and other aspects of a value-oriented curriculum. (DMM)

Seventh- and tenth-grade students were shown segments of Music Television (MTV), then asked to respond to a brief attitude survey on parental influence, premarital sex, violence, drug use, and the influence of MTV. Results suggest the potentially powerful influence of popular music and MTV, especially on attitudes towards violence and premarital…

Argues that moral education and science education are mutually relevant to each other; both imparting propositional knowledge and fostering the acquisition of certain virtues or propensities to behave in certain ways. Illustrates the importance of moral decision making within science and shows how science education and moral education may be…

Maintains that too "open" approaches to moral education and too "closed" approaches to science education result from the failure of both disciplines to reflect on their rational foundations. Consulting the recent work of philosophers and other theorists seeking to elucidate the foundations of disciplinary knowledge may correct present excesses.…