The questions proposed by this study were: (1) Do students in the teacher preparation program develop relativistic thinking in the present course of their teacher preparation studies? and (2) Would a written modified reflective judgment interview be feasible as a screening device to help educators assess the development of reflective judgment in…

The Indiana Department of Education recently convened a task force to identify universal basic values and to determine how these values can be successfully infused into school curricula. Accordingly, in collaboration with the Indiana School Counselors Association (ISCA), the Department established a working committee to construct a developmentally…

This document outlines a program for schools to encourage the development of values, attitudes, and knowledge foster constructive interpersonal relationships. Cooperative learning, conflict resolution, structured controversy, and school mediation can form the core of a comprehensive program for educating beyond hate. Cooperative learning includes…

This paper reports a comparative analysis of beginning and experienced teachers' thinking about teaching subtraction with regrouping commonly called "borrowing"), and the role that textbooks play in their deliberations. Twelve beginning and nine experienced teachers appraised and compared two contrasing textbook selections dealing with this topic…

Many single parents involved in higher education are nontraditional women students returning to school after raising children or recently divorced women who must equip themselves to improve or maintain the economic status of both themselves and their children. These students may need special help in identifying careers that interest them. It is…

This paper discusses some predictive problems, trends, and dilemmas regarding education for the 21st century, and asks what the future will demand of humankind. Such topics as the information explosion, the increasingly important learning needs in a changing world, and technology versus humanity are examined. Discussion focuses on the implications…

Developed to help teachers and students deal with some of the current issues in science and technology, this book outlines a system for studying socioscientific problems that can be developed in class and then be applied in a life setting. Issues related to the biological sciences, physical sciences, and science as a social institution are…

This master's thesis is intended to show that the computer, as an aesthetic medium, will create the social conditions whereby the population will be able to develop the aesthetic bridge of self-actualization, and that the increased numbers of people involved with their own personal psychological development and growth will create social conditions…

Designed to explore the complex spectrum of motives and perceptions underlying contemporary criticism of science as expressed in the arena of public education, this study presents a comprehensive account of the struggle between creationists and scientists from the 19th century to the present. Part 1 briefly portrays the historical context of…

The skills of physicians in treating patient cases that involve medical-moral problems were studied with a total sample of 19 fourth-year medical students and residents. The focus was the manner in which residents become aware of the patient's moral concerns, talk about them, and communicate with the patient in order to reach some mutually…

Outcomes of doctoral education at a private, urban university were studied, and a questionnaire was developed. A total of 707 Ph.D. and Ed.D. recipients from 16 departments who had graduated between 1963 and 1984 were surveyed to determine: the impact of doctoral education on career development, the perceived influence of the institutional values…

An English classroom contains both students of differing ideologies (that is, systems complete with centers that both express a desire and relieve anxiety) and teachers with their own ideologies. The potential for conflict is thus present. According to L. Althusser, however, the state provides certain apparatuses that prevent the formation of…

The necessity for candidates for public office to gather money in order to mount effective campaigns has raised concerns that campaign contributions may give some individuals and groups improper influence on the selection of public officials and the making of public policy. Part of this concern stems from the pluralist theory that maintains that…

Ideas for the success of liberal arts colleges in the last decades of the twentieth century are presented by the president of Central Methodist College. In addition to considering specific concerns affecting students, faculty, the administration, and relations with the church, philosophical views concerning an ideal or successful liberal arts…

Economic and social factors that affect young people's sense of obligation for community service are identified, along with the influence schools and government can exert on students. The recent management of the American political economy has given young people concern for their own survival. College students who will graduate during the 1980s…