In 1977 the Hastings Center launched an extended examination of the place of ethics in American higher education. Questions studied were: extent of ethics teaching, problems introducing ethics courses, purposes of courses, faculty and student support, objections to courses, qualifications for teachers, and evaluation of ethics courses. (MLW)

The article defends the teaching of philosophy at elementary and secondary levels and examines some existing precollege philosophy curricula; special attention is given to the American Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children and a Canadian effort to establish moral education in the schools. (SB)

This article traces the struggle by researchers to rid the study of the Black family of values and models which present superficial and inaccurate analyses. An historical, cultural approach is suggested for determining the nature of Black families. (Author/MC)

Social and economic trends tending toward the fragmentation of the family unit threaten the personal welfare of parents and child care professionals as well as the already precarious well-being of the nation's children. (LH)

The author discusses the importance of the main elements of teaching: order, interest, spirit, and discipline; he offers some tips on incorporating these elements into the classroom. (KC)

Although job training is seen as a palliative for unemployment, the author argues that training is needed to change attitudes toward the work ethic. He states that the government should launch a massive effort to modify outworn and irrelevant attitudes, values, and behavior concerning work and leisure. (MF)

Discusses the relationship of educational institutions to society and suggests that educational studies should become a more important component of a liberal education. (Author/DB)

Discusses why ethnic studies should be taught, the infusion, compensatory, and conceptual methods of teaching, considerations about teaching ethnic studies, and possible outcomes. Also suggests that an ideal course would deal with functions of ethnicity and formation and adaptation of ethnic groups. (Author/CK)

This article describes a study in Pennsylvania which examined three political attitudes of public school teachers: alienation, political cynicism, and commitment to democratic values. Data analysis shows that teachers hold political beliefs supportive of the established political order. (Author/AV)

The seven cardinal principles of education as stated in 1918--health, command of fundamental processes; worthy home membership, vocation; citizenship, use of leisure, and ethical character--were reassessed by panelists and the future development of each principle examined in the light of a changing world. (JD)

A survey of attitudes of upper middle class American and Israeli youth reveals pronounced differences. Whereas the Israelis tend to view their society as an extension of their own family and acknowledge their obligations to both, the Americans trust only the family, regarding it as more important than any other social entity. (Author/JM)

Research shows the close relationship between cognitive development and changes in moral judgments. This relationship explains some of the crises of mid-life career change. (Author)

Pride can be taken in the performance of secondary education in America's first 200 years, but new social and political conditions demand drastic reform in structure and program format (consistent with the body of public opinion) to better adapt secondary education to present and foreseeable future social conditions. (MB)

Education will get a higher ranking in national priorities only through showing that schools are accountable, productive, and necessary to society and the economy. (Author/MLF)

Conflicts erupting on increasingly multicultural campuses indicate we can have diversity without building a multiracial democracy. A multiracial community requires citizens who understand that their views of reality may not match the reality of others and who possess cultural competence. Dismantling affirmative action and equal opportunity…