Examines directions in the "peer helper" movement with special emphasis on its potential role in the elementary school. Lists three aspects for evaluating peer counseling programs: assessment of self as helper, assessment of knowledge and skills used in the process, and assessment of outcome. Reviews benefits of program. (Author/ABB)

Citizens of technologically advanced nations are confronted with tremendous ethical dilemmas that students need to develop sophisticated ethical frameworks to deal with. The humanities must teach students to think as carefully about questions of value as about questions of fact. (MSE)

Values education is a controversial topic in many schools today. A study designed to determine the effect of values-oriented courses on student attitudes revealed that students' values showed no significant change as a consequence of the course, and that adolescents' values largely reflect those of their parents. (TE)

Issues raised in the previous Journal of Moral Education are given further clarification. These include questions about the nature and purpose of moral education, the nature of morality, the relation of morality to religion and religious education, and how to teach about those subjects. (IS)

Five papers on the relationship of moral education and religious education in the May issue of the Journal of Moral Education are examined and their major points are related to this author's article in the same issue. Agreement is found among the authors, despite superficial disagreement. (Author/IS)

Moral education does not consist of the transmission of fixed values but in confronting students with genuine and difficult ethical conflicts to be resolved by judgments based on wide concepts of moral justice as applied to all members of society. (JD)

Kohlberg, inspired by Piaget's cognitive developmental approach to moral development, expands the structural cognitive approach through more systematic longitudinal, cross-cultural, social class, and educational research. (Author)

Data from questionnaires sent to every college and university in the United States ascertained that 26 percent of the 223 responding major institutions offered a bioethics course, most frequently presented by the biology department to medical students and taught most frequently by professors of ethics and philosophy background. Questionnaire and…

Discusses the educational principles and methods of the medieval philosopher and theologian, St. Anselm. Educational practices of medieval monastic schools, town schools, private tutors, and pastoral teaching are discussed. Available from: Taylor & Francis Ltd., P.O. Box 9137, Church Street Station, New York, N.Y. 10049. (Author/DB)

The Community Voices and Character Education (CVCE) Project presents a model for moral education that is based on four ideals: (1) the consensus among leaders worldwide on the necessary characteristics of a citizen in the new century; (2) the conception of human goodness from moral philosophy; (3) conclusions from social sciences about what helps…

Moral education is an issue that higher education has often avoided. This paper begins with a critical review of the role higher education institutions have taken in the moral education of students and how that role relates to institutional mission. It continues by proposing an educationally defensible moral and ethical standard and finally…

This study addresses new concerns of higher education organizational leaders as a result of the extended use of information technology on college campuses. Some of the most important and controversial issues include ethical and legal matters such as privacy, freedom of speech, intellectual property, and legislative attempts for Internet…

Ethical behavior, particularly among young people, is of increasing concern to various segments of society. Before this or any behavior can be influenced, an understanding is needed of the factors that shape it, including social influences, cognitive and emotional factors, and attitudes. The purpose of this study was to examine students' knowledge…

This final project report describes a 3-year project designed to integrate ethics into all disciplines at Utah Valley State College to introduce students to ethical complications they may face in their careers and vocations. Fifty faculty members participated in the project, the major components of which involved a 2-week summer seminar in ethics;…

A vigorous debate within the U.S. Catholic community questions the efficacy of Catholic schools. To explicate what many Catholics believe is the most appropriate educational program for youth, the educational philosophy, history, and theology of Catholic education are presented here. It is hoped that by isolating these principles, those who…