Concerned Women for America opposes transformational outcome-based education because it coopts parents and shifts the focus from cognitive education to affective education. Children belong to their parents, not the state. Education should provide the essential academics that, combined with the values and beliefs learned at home, will determine…

Identified nine values (achievement of financial wealth, prestige for family, prestige/status for self, self-fulfillment, balance between career and family, balance between career and leisure, balance between career and religious/civic activities, opportunity to change character of profession, and opportunity to work with others similar to self)…

Describes planning and implementation of human immunodeficiency virus prevention and education program at University of Scranton, Catholic and Jesuit university in northeastern Pennsylvania. Notes special aspects of the Catholic context and emphasizes importance of cultural change and conversation about values. (Author/NB)

Describes the changes that have taken place in librarianship in the former Soviet Union. The discussion covers the advantages and disadvantages of centralized planning, the reorganization of library systems in Russia and the Ukraine, the effects of democratization on organization and librarian attitudes, and the remnants of Russification in…

The Association of American Colleges and Universities' national initiative for college curriculum and faculty development, entitled "American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy, and Liberal Learning," is described; and a panel discussion of two central themes, which concern cultural pluralism in higher education, is summarized. (MSE)

Compares values and behavioral patterns common to many traditional Native American societies (particularly of the high plains) with those of the dominant American culture. Contrasts attitudes toward religion and spirituality, family, children, older persons, learning, definition of self, social interaction, competition, material possessions,…

Project Adventure's adventure-based counseling text, "Islands of Healing," uses language and simplistic conceptions of individualism and community to create an ecology of ideas. In this framework, moral and social complexities of modern life are exchanged for an artificial cyberspace-like microworld where unthinking acquiescence to group…

Reports on a study of 198 Canadian children, ages 4-8, on their understanding of the role of evidence on the formation of beliefs. Finds that younger children evaluate opinions based on their own beliefs about the situation; older children tend to ascribe knowledge to others on the basis of evidence available to those others. (CFR)

To initiate dialogue on religion as integral to human and cultural identity, "MultiCultural Review" interviewed scholars in the field. Supplemental elements promote consideration of issues raised by Peter Turner, Mayassa Abou Youssef, Jonathan D. Sarna, John J. Denniston, and Phyllis Tickle. (SLD)

Describes preliminary results from research on language socialization practices of Black middle-class children and their mothers in Chicago (Illinois). Focus is on personal storytelling as a conduit through which values, beliefs, and identity are transmitted to middle-class Black children. (JB)

Designs a lesson to help secondary art students overcome the fear of a threatening blank page. Students learned proportional enlargement, how to evaluate objectively, and gained experience with visual balance. Displays three examples of student's artwork generated by geometric design problems. (DB)

Forty-six ideas for introducing culture into the second-language classroom are outlined. They include activities concerning history and geography, social values and morals, lifestyle, and behaviors. The ideas presented consist of either topics or classroom techniques for promoting reflection and discussion. (five references) (MSE)

Literature on social responsibility and academic achievement is reviewed. It is suggested that socially responsible behavior can influence achievement by (1) promoting positive interactions with teachers and peers; and (2) constraining and enhancing the learning process by encouraging students to be compliant and responsible. (SLD)

Applied ethics courses in education emphasize an analytical or rules/principles approach to resolving ethical dilemmas, whereas character/structure and background beliefs/ideals tend to be minimized. The article describes the importance of all three approaches, noting their implications for developing teachers' capacities to make caring and…

Examines issues surrounding socioethical topics. Argues that professional responsibility operates at three distinct but interconnected levels: individual (moral-philosophical), professional (sociological), and societal (multidisciplinary). Argues that the nature of sociology inevitably leads to facing ethical issues as professional rather than…