A concept of moral education in the classroom is presented. The specific problems entailed by the need to socialize young children into the moral institution and the need to engage older children with critical ethical inquiry are discussed. (DB)

Attempts justification of hierarchy of values and outlines phases through which personalization of values evolves. (Author)

A framework for teaching morality within subject areas (specifically, geography) at the college level is proposed. The author suggests that rationality is the basis for substantive principles of morality; one can identify good reasons as opposed to poor ones. Examples of tensions that exist between geographical and moral education are provided.…

Examines the developmental nature of the relationship between moral judgment and the structure of political values and beliefs. (MK)

Cultural pluralism and the ability of individuals to choose among and make changes in fundamental values are argued. (JMF)

The apparent aestheticism of Northrop Frye's view of literature is scrutinized and the moral and didactic underpinnings brought to light. Special attention is paid to the role of literature and the imagination in the development of human morality. (RJG)

Discusses the messages that appeared in the 12 volumes about the Pepper family that enjoyed tremendous success at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. (MKM)

Argues that a society without reverence for myths and history inevitably falls prone to chaos and evil, pointing to abortion, Andy Warhol's celebrity, and Woodstock as evidence of this disintegration of society. Proposes that humanities education expose students to human experience based on some awesome and fixed moral order. (AYC)

Discusses areas where the work of analytical bibliographers and conservators overlaps and diverges in relation to their techniques and inquiries in handling physical books. Special attention is paid to their attitudes to physical details, the ways they record information, ethical questions, and the need for a common language. (Author)

The issues center on values, parental influence, and discipline. (IRT)

Examines poetry therapy as a healing force for the individual. Discusses poetry therapy as a conduit to draw out inner emotions and feelings of spirit with an emphasis on spiritual and religious values. Argues that personal growth and development of a values system can be enhanced through poetry therapy. (SR)

This commencement speech encourages graduates to aspire to moral and intellectual integrity, asserting that i they are well educated, they will experience failure as well as success and know that failing does not make them failures. It encourages graduates to neither underestimate nor overestimate themselves and to learn to cope as inhabitants of…

Reviews Carol Gilligan's research on women's moral development through the lens of education, examining the educational process and the resulting transformative experiences undergone by the women in her study in order to foster a deeper understanding of what John Dewey meant by "growth" and "transformation." After offering a…

Argues that the typical response of "English Journal" to talk of censorship is to assume a tone of sarcasm or intellectual superiority. Responds that the language education curriculum's challenge is to make the school a learning environment through which the experience of reading and viewing and talking about texts helps future citizens make their…

In order to develop moral literacy, nursing students should be exposed to both rules- and justice-based ethics and to a feminist care perspective. They can learn to analyze and understand ethical dilemmas and to tell their own stories in order to identify the influences on their decision making. (SK)