In response to rising public criticism of the media and demand for accountability, leaders among professional journalists are calling for a renewed emphasis on codes of ethics and deliberate attention to moral action. In examining the importance and relevance of ethics to high school journalism, three principles for the teaching of ethics emerge:…

These guidelines are intended to assist high school psychology teachers in safeguarding the rights and welfare of students and experimental subjects while promoting high-quality instruction. There are three sets of guidelines. The first set deals with the use of animals in school science behavior projects. The major goal of such projects should be…

Presented a survey of the attitudes and values of American youth in the 70s. (Editor/RK)

Styles influencing curriculum development -- management models, liberal non-intervention, and the exclusion of affective for cognitive objectives -- fail to give an account of personal man in his culture. Through "cultivation of soul" some teachers provide a rational way to respond to the weaknesses of overly rationalized learning. (JH)

The influence of teachers on the religious beliefs and moral values of pupils in two multi-racial comprehensive schools was studied. (Author)

Considered current attitudes toward education and how teachers fit into the picture. (RK)

In "The Uses of Argument" Stephen Toulmin developed a method for analyzing arguments that calls attention to the reasoning processes that undergird a speaker's claims. By changing three terms used in Toulmin's methods it can be applied to interpersonal communication to analyze the speaker's perspective on an issue. The term…

This paper presents a model of communication's potential role in international development, suggesting that communication specialists use the model to help international development agencies reach their idealized goals. The model proposes that communication specialists follow five ethical principles: concentrate on process rather than program;…

This commencement address stresses three obligations that colleges and universities must assume to strengthen the intellectual and moral fiber of the United States: (1) colleges underscore the unity of life on earth; (2) a college education must be a truly humanizing experience, a process that stresses the dignity of life and deepens the…

The situation comedy, "Soap," television's first prime-time sex farce, stirred controversy months before its premiere, and subsequent pressure on advertisers forced the network to change the show's concept from an adult comedy to a "whodunit." This report summarizes the controversy, recounts reactions to the series, and lists…

During the time author Pauline Leonard was writing this paper, Hurricane Katrina thrust itself upon the Gulf Coast, including many communities in southeast Louisiana. In the wake of the storm, reports emerged of the devastation, loss of life and destruction to property. Writing about personal experiences with developing and implementing…