A code of conduct relevant to relationships in mid-adolescence is described, together with an outline of the method by which it was abstracted from interview data. Some comments on the character and significance of the code are offered. (Editor)

The debate concerning whether moral education should be taught in the schools is dominated by two views. One advocates values clarification, and the other calls for cognitive moral development. (AM)

Examined are the ethical and legal parameters which need to be considered by teachers before implementing timeout procedures with behavior problem children in the classroom. (Author/DB)

It is suggested that the evolution of our understanding about man and the ecological system has a significant parallel to current conceptions about organizations in their social systems. Specific arguments are made regarding managerial literature and training programs, concern for ethical behavior or social responsibility, and promising…

The author presents theoretical and cost-effectiveness problems relating to the use of primary prevention techniques in reducing the rate of teen-age pregnancies. (MJB)

Discusses problems of social values and engineering in countries with highly advanced technologies. (SL)

Surveys adolescent literature which reflects the real world and provides ideas about ethics and morality to help adolescents come of age with positive, constructive value systems. Available from: The Humanist, 923 Kensington Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14215. (Author/DB)

The author proposes a philosophical basis for ecology which emphasizes the relationships of man to man and man to nature. Industrialization attempts to quantify and measure nature while ignoring the aesthetics and the human psyche. A new ecological approach should combine the empirical, rational approach with a cultural, beauty-based approach. (MR)

Educational administrators should recognize both the usefulness of the analytical techniques available, and also their limitations. Administrators must begin to recognize the existence of the ethics or values that underlie all decisions. (Author/IRT)

Through the rapid social and technological changes that are to come, educational administrators must continue to hold fast to the basic principles of freedom and to a democratic society that supports an improving system of education. (Author/MLF)

Reports on a study (n=30) designed to determine the relationship between student teachers' level of moral development and their success in teaching performance. Results support the claim that moral judgment relates to teaching performance, though the effect is not large. (JDH)

Discusses the fact that although Jewish (along with Greek ideas) and Christian ideas make up the roots of Western culture, they are hardly mentioned in recent historical textbooks. This shortchanges students because they fail to learn the religious sources of human rights and democracy. (PS)

Arguing that peace education is constrained by adherence to technical reason, the author underscores the need for peace educators and their students to cultivate "moral imagination." Her view of moral imagination is grounded in an understanding of human intersubjectivity and in the ways in which the poor "read" the world.…

Examines three contemporary approaches to moral education, (values clarification, situation ethics, and critical issues), to see how far they satisfy the ideal of open-mindedness. Finds that while all three seek to avoid indoctrination and present different alternatives to traditional moral education with its emphasis on absolute moral values, all…