Addressing the problem that educators have in compiling a legitimate list of values to teach, the author examines the Bible as a source of value legitimacy and details the values expressed in the Hebrew and Christian covenants, the Ten Commandments, and the six beatitudes. (SJL)

An engineering ethics course is described which utilizes laboratory exercises to bring students into more intimate contact with their profession. (BB)

The incidence of crime in Canada is growing rapidly. There is a desperate need for preventative measures. A systematic program of moral education could reduce the incidence of criminal behavior. Moral education could be more effective and less expensive than treatment and punitive methods. (Author/BEF)

A study of 200 single undergraduate students' opinions on extramarital sexual behavior indicates (1) fraternity/sorority membership does not predict students' opinions, (2) females are more conservative than males, and (3) religiosity is negatively correlated with extramarital sexual permissiveness. (CM)

"Values and Teaching", by Raths, Harmin, and Simon (1978) is examined in the context of Dewey's approach to moral education. While the books' authors claim that their approach is practical, the relationships among such concepts as "overdissenting", "aggresssive", "overconforming", and "submissive"…

Discusses the ethical and rational qualities of speech acts. (JMF)

The author insists that Catholic colleges must not acquiesce to America's cultural malaise by taking a position of moral neutrality. Rather they must join vigorously in public moral discussion and, through renewed theological and liberal arts instruction, work to produce literate graduates who are capable of ethical judgment. (SJL)

A summary of what is known today about moral education and a suggested agenda for the future. (MLF)

A reasoned response to questions about teaching moral education in the schools. (Author/MLF)

Reviews the objectives and accomplishments of a Polish educator, Janusz Korczak, who was director of two orphanages in Warsaw from 1911-1942. Information is presented on Korczak's humanistic values, educational objectives, insistence that the individuality of children be recognized, and selfless devotion to the children in his orphanages.…

Suggestions are made for developing a code of ethics for health educators. (JD)

Research findings suggest that cheating is situationally specific. Subjects cheat more under low risk than under high risk conditions. Cheating does not appear to be related to academic ability. (CJ)

Concludes that laws prohibiting fornication and cohabitation are unconstitutional. Available from Michigan Law Review, Hutchins Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; single issue $3.50. (Author/IRT)

Adolescent values regarding work, satisfaction, self, and morality were measured; students possessed values in five value cells ranging from older traditional to emergent traditional. No relationship was detected between values and school achievement, but parent's occupation was found to have significant bearing on adolescent values for the four…

Discusses various moral dilemmas involved in the 'battered helper' or social worker burnout syndrome. (CM)