Proposes to initiate dialog on ethical issues inherent in the field of adult education and to stimulate individual and collective ethical exploration by adult educators. (JOW)

Adolescent pregnancy and AIDS warrant a reexamination of child welfare workers' professional values toward adolescent sexuality. Presents an exercise designed to assist practitioners in understanding the hidden values that influence intervention. (SAK)

The problem with values clarification was not necessarily the process, but the concept's misinterpretation and misapplication. Because children are confused by inconsistently applied adult values, this article recommends a valuing process allowing children to go beyond lip service to actual affirmation and internalization of values. Includes six…

Experiential learning theory, conversational learning, and seminar practices combine to shape an educational experience that is grounded in principles of appreciative inquiry. The seminar, taught to undergraduate business majors, seeks to encourage students to explore their underlying assumptions about business in society. Because postindustrial…

The paper explores the evaluation of values in the deaf population noting more similarities than differences between deaf and hearing persons, presenting data on the usefulness of an adapted values questionnaire with deaf subjects, and suggesting that differences are a result of a differential environment rather than of pathology. (DB)

Collaborative sponsorship arrangements have heightened continuing educators' awareness of the frequency with which rights, obligations, and values come into conflict. In this article, the author identifies the major sources of values conflict for continuing professional education and shows how principles or moral reasoning can be used to resolve…

The author's response to a critique by Boyd and Bogdan of "Values and Teaching: Working with Values in the Classroom" (Raths, Harmin and Simon, 1966, 1978) states that their interpretation of values clarification is dubious and identifies where errors may have occurred. (MT)

Cultural analysts have indicated that American culture is going through a significant transition in values. The views of three of these analysts are reviewed and implications are drawn for counselors. (Author)

Criticizes the "great tradition" article (EA 519 521, this issue), pointing out that the cause-and-effect relationship between values clarification and the increase in juvenile problems is tenuous.(MD)

Discusses an educational protocol conducted with a group of older women in religious life. Sixty women, aged 60 and above, members of a Roman Catholic religious order, participated in a series of educational workshops. They explored their own personal growth and development through exercises in values clarification, lifeline, and life review. (CT)

Examined the effects of a short term, church-based program in relation to three program goals: increased sex information, heightened self-esteem, and clarity of personal sexual values. Using a pre-posttest, control group design, significant positive change in sex information and clarity of personal sexual values were found. (Author/BL)

Outlines and gives school district experience with three approaches to moral education--fundamental, developmental, and values clarification. (IRT)

This issue explores how competitive intercollegiate athletics affects both admissions practices and the nature of academic community at private colleges and universities that practice selective admission. It is based on a roundtable that took place in February 2003. It is clear that the athletic profile of such selective campuses is considerably…

Cleveland State University's graduate level values clarification introductory course aids students in (1) explaining the rationale and objectives of values clarification, (2) clarifying their own values concerning personal and professional decisions, and (3) implementing the process in their own school education. (MB)

Discusses facilitation of deep reflection on personal meaning as a critical educational practice in experiential learning settings. Describes the "perspective interview," a semiformal one-to-one conversation in which the leader or facilitator proceeds through a series of questions designed to uncover the respondent's beliefs, values,…