From the point of view that broadcasting is turning toward social responsibility and social ethic, it becomes the duty of university departments preparing personnel for the broadcasting field to select students potentially qualified to contribute in addition to technical capability "that extra something" denoting real ethical quality.…

Unlike other modern fictional heroes, Captain Lee, the South Korean intelligence officer in Richard Kim's novel, "The Martyred," achieves personal fulfillment only when he sacrifices his passionate principles and joins the "establishment." As part of his military job, he is required to investigate and affirm the heroism of 12…

The nation's schools face difficult problems that must be solved if they are to continue serving our society constructively and effectively. The two hundred years of our country's history demonstrate that in the past the schools have met new needs and have responded well to growing demands for education. An examination of several of the problems…

A clue to the relationship of literature to adolescent development may lie in an understanding of the adolescent's evolving moral conscience. As the adolescent matures in terms of moral thinking, the meaning of particular literary experiences may shift dramatically. According to the theory developed by Kohlberg at Harvard University, individuals…

This is a preliminary resource guide which serves as a directory to current activity in the ethical and human value implications of science and technology. The first section of the guide lists groups active in this area (primarily in the United States), compiled from responses to a letter. Part 2 provides a short list of 20th century classics…

This newsletter is divided into six sections: an introduction; general news items and communications; news items and communications in ethical and human values areas; supplement to Newsletter 8, Section II; an essay; and a bibliography classifying material as to subject emphasis in the area of human values and ethics. The essay is entitled "A…

This newsletter is divided into six sections: an introduction; general news items and communications from readers; news items and communications more specifically in the ethical and human values areas; an annotated, selective checklist of imaginative literature concerning the relationship between science, technology and human values; and a general…

Two achievement-related motives are considered: (1) the motive to achieve so as to obtain a sense of accomplishment; and (2) the motive to avoid failure in order to avoid the negative feelings that accompany failure. It is hypothesized that a student with high achievement motivation should seek the satisfaction of earning a good grade and should…

The brief critical examination focuses on existing special education practices in schools in which diagnosis is said to have become a suspicion confirming exercise. Labeling-categorization of children with either mild or severe degrees of exceptionality is singled out as a harmful practice. Ethical and legal issues then considered are the variance…

A series of twelve essays discuss the use of audiovisuals in religious education. The essays are divided into three sections: one which draws on the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and other educators to explore the newest ideas about audiovisual language and faith, one that describes how to learn and use the new language of audio and visual images, and…

Students are highly stimulated by social issues and are interested in establishing acceptable moral standards. Since research studies have shown that situations involving conflicting interests offer many opportunities for creative thinking, it seemed sensible to use court cases, at least from grade 3 on, to develop lively language learning…

Article considered the task of the religious educator, presented three theological questions which are much discussed in the Catholic world today, and examined certain trends in contemporary moral theology which offered some tentative solutions to the problems of religious educators. (Author/RK)

Presented in this report are ten recommendations regarding the ethical dilemmas faced by psychologists working with police, court, correctional, and juvenile justice agencies. Both ethical issues that the criminal justice system creates for psychologists and those that psychologists create for the criminal justice system are addressed. (Author/EB)

"Values clarification" is questioned on grounds that (1) it fails to distinguish between moral and nonmoral values, (2) it is an invasion of privacy, (3) it dispenses with the moral distinction between "self" and "others," and (4) it raises questions of the morality of scholarship and of the morality of research with human subjects in particular.…

This paper reports on a study which applied Kohlberg's ideas on moral development to test Myrdal's classic formulation of the dilemma of white Americans who believe in the essential dignity of man, while simultaneously endorsing discrimination against blacks. (Author/AM)