A social scenario approach was used to test hypotheses about the order of disclosure in same-sex and mixed-sex developing friendships of four types of statements: positive intrapersonal, negative intrapersonal, positive interpersonal, negative interpersonal. Results indicated that, as predicted, disclosures about the self precede disclosures of…

The discrepancies between science and creationism are reflected in curriculum controversies. Students should be free to choose which theory they like, according to the creationists who view Darwinian science as incompatible with absolute moral values. (DS)

The work values patterns of female and male students at the two- and four-year levels of allied health professions are investigated. Results indicate that a student's educational level or sex has an impact on his/her work orientation. (Author/JKS)

A national survey reports that, in contrast to students of 1968-1976, present French lyceens are more conformist and less interested in politics. Responses about school, education and career plans, leisure activities, reading habits, and drug use are also reported. (SJL)

Presented is an outline of a college course, "Education in American Society," that focused on teaching students rational decision-making skills while examining current issues in American Education. The outline is followed by student comments, reactions, and evaluations of the course. (JMD)

Confidentiality has always been the most fundamental part of the counselor's code of ethics. Today's professional must rely on his own ethical priorities and on an ever-increasing knowledge of his field and his role in it, until the discrepancies between laws and regulations and personal involvements are made clear. (Author)

Military career information is readily available to counselors, but they should make certain it is current and correct. Considering military careers may present value conflicts to counselor and counselee alike; these conflicts are extremely important, and every effort should be made to deal with them honestly. (Author/BP)

Summarizes beliefs and values about child rearing from documents written by experts on the mid-17th to mid-19th centuries. The experts argued that children are innately good rather than evil; environmental factors accounted for differences among children rather than innate factors; and children were autonomous rather than passive learners. (HOD)

Addresses the problem of writing and producing plays that do not meet the needs of a multicultural audience with varied backgrounds and values. (JC)

The inability of university professors to communicate about shared concepts and concerns--e.g., meaning, self, integrity, an ideal of truth--is related to the fragmented university, departmentalized and bureaucratized. The impact of this on the humanity of those involved is sketched, and suppositions are advanced about the nature of education.…

Confirmed the hypothesis that happiness leads to self-indulgence when children have no reason to believe that excessive self-gratification is morally wrong but that happiness promotes self-denial when children fear that excessive self-gratification violates a moral rule. Results with 112 White, middle-class, Australian children ages four to five…

Camp programs for human relations must build on a foundation of well-learned skills, teach skills efficiently to allow time for group development, and overcome sex role stereotypes. Camp directors must attend to instructional design including analysis of subject matter and learner, effective teaching procedures, and evaluation of the competence.…

Reports the development of a new measure of attitudes and values on economic issues of students in grades seven through nine. The researchers recommend use of the instrument in economic education. (RKM)

Discusses the parameters of values clarification and of science and reviews the differences between them. Contends that values clarification is nonscience and that students should be helped to appreciate the ways nonscience is similar and dissimilar to science and the place of both in the conclusion-reaching process. (ML)

Presents the text of a 1984 speech made before the Eighth General Assembly of the Standing Conference of Rectors, Presidents, and Vice-Chancellors of European Universities. The address covered the interplay of science, philosophy, politics, and the evolution of the university from an authoritarian to a democratic institution. (JDH)