The values clarification approach is a novel and exciting method of working with students in groups. This article describes a pilot project in values clarification initiated by the Student Personnel Services Branch of the Manitoba Department of Education. (Author)

A study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the life values of community college faculty and selected demographic variables (i.e., college location, age, teaching experience, highest degree held, and other employment). A stratified random sample of 984 Oregon community college instructors was asked to identify "guiding…

There is a widespread belief that new and more extensive efforts should be made in the public schools to teach values. Public schools are a major institution aiding the integration of diverse groups in U.S. society. Furthermore, there are serious problems in U.S. society that values education should address as shown by the incidences of drug…

Traditionally, educational technologists have not been concerned with social or philosophical questions, and the field does not have a basic educational philosophy. Instead, it is dominated by a viewpoint characterized as "technical rationality" or "technicism"; the most important assumption of this viewpoint is that science…

Materials contained in this activity package are designed to provide teachers with a method of approaching a complex environmental question. That question centers on the return to the "good life" of the country. The two activities in the package provide a different view of this question than the most commonly accepted one. The first activity…

Education can affect changes in the core personality postures that describe the value-prejudices that shape people's lives. (JH)

Teachers must develop an ethical perspective on the uses of technology. (JH)

Teachers need to do more to help students in the process of value development. (MW)

If children entering school today are to avoid a 12- to 20-year apprenticeship in alienation dominated by the mere manipulation of words and numbers, education must foster an appreciation for the roles the humanities play in helping mankind rise above the earthly and achieve a reflective overview of society. Such an appreciation can be obtained…

The effect of the use of selected values clarification strategies on self-concept, school sentiment, and reading achievement was investigated in a sample of 240 pupils in grades four, five, and six, of two elementary schools. Teachers in the experimental school were trained in values clarification through a series of workshops; teachers in the…

The practical task of this paper is to look at the implications of moral and value education theory and techniques for counseling, particularly the demand they place on the counselor to make the process a disintegrative one, leading to reintegration on higher levels of values and humanness. (Author)

Reviews current approaches to moral education that seem most applicable to higher education: Durkheim's and Dewey's noncognitive approaches; Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental approach; British moral educators' rational-analytic approaches; and Feinberg's and Polyani's comprehensive perspectives. Includes a discussion of some existing U.S.…

Describes the Values Clarification Project and the Berkeley Health Curriculum Project, two educational programs being used by southwest Iowa schools in order to reduce drug abuse. (JG)

How can we develop in pupils at all levels a process that will assist them in identifying and developing those values that will be most meaningful to their lives? Describes the Program Development Model summarizing the steps that were taken to implement the values clarification program at Ossining High School in New York. Its intent is to clarify…

Briefly reviews the history of character education. States that schools should indoctrinate two kind of values: personal-ethical standards such as truthfulness, kindness, and diligence; and the political-ethical values of our democracy such as freedom of speech, due process, and equality. Concludes by stating character education requires patience…