Describes a survey of Israeli high school students to determine the books they considered most impressive in developing national and civic values. Reports that the majority of books selected were fiction and were perceived as very useful in developing national knowledge and less useful in developing civic values. (MKM)

Decries decline in humanities enrollment figures forced by a society that demands accountability of its educational system. Sees reduction or removal of core-curriculum as opposed to majors' requirements as a development leading to an impoverishment of humanistic values. Advocates cooperative experimentation in curriculum design as a possible…

The values education movement is inimical to the development of moral discernment and character. The moral development of students requires moral and character discernment--first, in those who teach them, and second, in the curriculum. (Author/MSE)

A number of ways in which evaluations may be biased are illustrated: (1) policy and political purposes for evaluations; (2) sources of policy or political bias prior to evaluation activities; (3) limitations and biases within the evaluation itself; and (4) utilization of evaluation information in the policy process. (Author/GK)

A study was undertaken to learn about the work behaviors of urban business education students and clerical workers and about the nature of the office work environment. Results indicated that the two groups had similar work values and job perceptions, and that the satisfaction of intrinsic needs was deemed important. (Author/JOW)

Predictor variables in a study to identify factors associated with curriculum choices of adult women students enrolled in the University of Rhode Island included both situational and developmental factors. Findings indicated moderate success in associating several variables with some curriculum choices. Theoretical and educational implications are…

Describes a study which examined value orientations among Puerto Rican and Anglo junior high school students. Based on the differences shown by the two groups in their relationship to authority and their environment, proposes a framework for developing instructional and curricular models to reduce culture conflict in American schools. (Author/GC)

The susceptibility of students (in loco parentis), the protected status of higher education regarding academic freedom, and higher education's operation as a public trust are three reasons for the special ethical responsibilities of college and university administrators. Ethical behavior as an extension of legal doctrine is examined. (Author/MLW)

New ways of viewing the physical education course experience as holistic, fair, creative, responsible, caring, and rewarding must be created for situations within the framework of the realities which face teachers and learners in and out of school. Seven principles for organizing ideas for future curricula are discussed. (JN)

Examines the reasons that particular locations, housing forms, and neighborhood characteristics are preferred by particular groups. Addresses the issue of whether urban or suburban settings are more suitable for family life. Discusses contrasts between housing and social interaction in Israel and the United States. (Author/GC)

The monograph examines the provisions of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) regarding nondiscriminatory evaluation of handicapped students. (CL)

Examines ideas about heredity, racism, and the development of the eugenics movement, which influenced curriculum thinkers in the period of the "naturalistic mind" and progressivism; the eugenics movement's influence upon education for the gifted; and continuing similar attitudes as to the limited effect of environment on individuals…

Discusses Marxist theory and scholarship as they illuminate the relationships between basic writing courses, language, literacy, and values, both in the broad institutional context and in the narrower instructional context. (RL)

A Johns Hopkins School of Medicine symposium on Women Physicians in Contemporary Society is summarized. Although a growing number of women are entering the profession, they are particularly vulnerable to the competing pressures of career, marriage, and child care. (JMF)

Undergraduate subjects were given an opportunity to cheat undetected on puzzle problems. The hypotheses were confirmed that more cheating occurred under ability attribution conditions than under luck attribution conditions; this effect of performance attribution was greater among self-aware subjects than among non-self-aware subjects. (Author/MH)