Outlines criteria for selecting books for a unit on moral thinking and presents a generic study of questions and activities to accompany a wide variety of appropriate books. (HOD)

Compares the performance of 38 early childhood educators on real-life moral decisions with their hypothetical moral knowledge. The phenomenon of inconsistency between the two types of moral knowledge is explained. (Author/CI)

Four teachers offer definitions, experiences, and opinions relating to the teaching of moral values in the classroom. (EL)

Naturalistic observations were made of "remedial interchanges" that occurred among kindergarten through fourth-grade children in open classrooms. Three approaches to development of moral judgments were considered: attributional, cognitive developmental, and symbolic interactionist. Data showed limited to no support for these theories and…

This book was written to help parents integrate their values into family life and pass them on to their children. The book helps parents: (1) know their own values; (2) understand what their values mean to them; (3) live by their values; (4) model values in ways children can see and understand; (5) realize what a child must know and be able to do…

Societal conditions deemed hypothetically essential to uplifting civic morality are discussed as well as the establishment of the conditions necessary for the proper moral development of the young. (JM)

The author discusses his experience of attending public school as an Amish child during the time when America was at war with Germany. Offered are five suggestions for the public school teacher who has Amish children in the classroom. (JM)

Ways values influenced collection, presentation, and interpretation of data in the report "Public and Private Schools" (Coleman, Hoffer, and Kilgore, 1981) are discussed. This article's author (Conner) states that the report's authors, in their zeal to separate facts from values, have obscured some of the facts relevant to educational policy…

Presents five areas to consider to help establish the value and improve the effectiveness of a course management system (CMS). Highlights include faculty use to improve teaching effectiveness; changes in support strategies to improve the value of a CMS; increasing enrollment or retention; controlling costs; and identifying barriers to desired…

Identifies cognitive strategies used during the categorization of qualitative data and investigates how various factors may be related to the testimonial validity of the categories. Essay writers ranked sets of categories in terms of overall quality and rated them while thinking aloud. Think-aloud protocols for the "best" and…

Discusses the role of the information specialist as an intermediary and how each selection made in the process of providing information involves a value judgment. Topics include censorship, self-knowledge and censorship, censorship in the wider community, professional response to the demands of censorship and ethics issues, and academic…

Examined relationships between unsupportive environments and adolescents' valuing financial success relatively more than affiliation, community, and self-acceptance. Eighteen-year olds who rated the importance of financial success aspirations higher than other values were found to have mothers who were less nurturant. Further, these subjects grew…

Examined moral reasoning and sexual behavior. Results supported two hypotheses: (1) risk-taking sexual behavior was inversely correlated with moral reasoning; and (2) for high moral reasoners, two measures of sexual risk taking were negatively correlated with knowledge about AIDS: as knowledge increased, risk taking during sexual intercourse…

This study found that behaviorally disordered high school students (n=25) enrolled in either an alternative or traditional school setting were significantly lower in moral reasoning compared to their nonbehaviorally disordered peers. The correlation between time spent in the alternative setting and moral reasoning was positive but not significant.…

Presents a conceptual framework for understanding individual and group differences. Identifies biological, societal, and intrapsychic origins of difference. Discusses valuation of differences as a source of social status and power, and the psychological uses of differences by individuals. Suggests applications of the model in social work practice…