A family life education program for adolescents in Oaxaca, Mexico is described. Effects of the program, which used a values clarification approach, are discussed. (CJ)

Sexuality education presents biological facts in broad human terms, with emphasis on helping students to learn how, not what, to think about situations and issues involving sexual values and behavior standards. (Author/MLF)

The author suggests that the common core of career education and consumer education is the emphasis on practical, real-life skills, with a focus on self-understanding and self-oriented decision making. Presented are activities and projects which enhance awareness of the importance of these skills. (KC)

Values clarification is widely used in drug education programs. Criticisms are offered on the role of content in valuing, the position of ethical relativism, the danger of indoctrination, and the social pressure to conform. (Author)

Presents a three-day unit designed to help adolescents identify their life-time goals, analyze how people show commitment to goals, and determine their personal commitment to their own long-term goals. (LRA)

Introduces "Facing History," a recent innovative use of an historical event, the Holocaust, as a means of educating students and teachers to the meaning of such things as human dignity, morality, conflict, decision making, survival, and individual responsibility. (JD)

This ten classroom-hour instructional model for alcohol education focuses on cognitive information, affective instruction, and selected field activities to assist students in establishing physiological and psychological relationships in alcohol areas. This integration is organized to clarify values and instill responsible alcohol-related behaviors…

Reviews various meanings of values and the authors' preferred distinction between terminal and instrumental values. A case illustration describes the usefulness of the Rokeach Value Survey. Research on the value survey is reviewed. C. Gilbert Wrenn gives his personal reactions. (Author)

An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of these instruments indicates that their judicious use can help toward the upgrading of counseling effectiveness. In an addendum, the values needs of counselors and current research are discussed. (Author/BEF)

A central problem area in bicultural education lies in the determination of the methods and techniques that will prove most effective in enabling the Spanish-speaking child to make optimum use of educational opportunities. (MM)

Suggests that outdoor pursuits and adventure activities promote Maslow's goal of self-actualization. Identifies the middle-order needs (belonging and self-esteem) trap as an inhibitive barrier to growth and maturation of the personality. Proposes six mechanisms to transcend the trap in the outdoor experience. (KS)

Explores importance of rituals to a culture and more particularly the formation, development, and evolution of rituals in couples. Also explores ways in which values of the couple and counselor affect the development of new rituals and the reevaluation of existing rituals as a grounding mechanism for change. (Author/NB)

The assumption of cultural homogeneity that underlies the strategy of counselor/client match based on cultural background, and incongruities in the theory and practice of multicultural counselling and therapy are challenged. An innovative, disclosure-based alternative to resolving counselor/client value conflicts is presented and illustrated.…

In this article, the author describes how the quest for external funding has dominated academic science and argues that today's scientists should think about pledging allegiance to traditional academic values. Enthusiasm for the pre-Cold War model of the university can probably not be justified in utilitarian terms or explained as a consequence of…

This paper offers a rationale for offering sexuality education for youth with mental handicaps, and outlines several myths about human sexuality and the mentally handicapped. Sexual rights of the mentally handicapped are listed. Items that should be included in sexual counseling are noted. The paper also discusses critical content areas in…