This book offers preservice and inservice teachers an examination of ethics and a number of philosophies on how to teach morality. It discusses he extent to which teaching is intertwined with moral issues and explores the fundamental concepts of morality and virtue. It also explores the various and occasionally conflicting viewpoints on moral…

For generations, moral development has been both a conscious aim and a formal process in Japanese education. This book investigates the history and development of Japanese moral education and analyzes and compares current moral education with the concepts of the Imperial Rescript on Education (1890) and the "shushin" moral education of…

This paper offers some practical suggestions and techniques in dealing with organized opposition to sex education and family life education programs. (BY)

Discusses developmental, values clarification, actionist, and rationalist strategies in moral education and the problems associated with each strategy. Explores the question of whether schools should offer moral instruction. Outlines criteria for selecting a moral education program and emphasizes that moral issues raised in the classroom are…

Reports published by the New Zealand Department of Education and other agencies there illustrate the connection which can prevail between human relations education and a failure to consider critically the ethical issues involved in sex education. A philosophical discussion of love and justice and their relationship to sex education follows. (PP)

The relationship between moral thinking at the level of specific rules and precepts and at the abstract, universal level is discussed, and it is argued that the first-level virtues are as necessary as those based on abstraction. The demands of education for moral life in a pluralistic society are considered. (PP)

Reports from Indonesia evaluate a national survey of Indonesian language achievement and an educational radio program for rural semiliterates; from Malaysia, a teacher-parent program for poor readers and a moral education program; and from Thailand, newly created community secondary schools and the earnings effects of an adult education program.…

Examines the relationship of moral education and community of commitment (agreements of concept, judgment, practice) on which programs of moral education depend. Examines alternative schooling as a means of moral education. (Author/LC)

Presents the results of a three-year pilot program integrating humanities studies at six community colleges using funds from the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Discusses interdisciplinary curriculum development, team-teaching, humanities inclusion in occupational education, ethical modules for technical courses,…

The changing political and security situation in Indonesia since 1949 has made religion a compulsory subject at all educational levels. This paper looks critically at the assumptions underlying this policy. Its scope is limited to administration and control, educational objectives and curriculum, morality and values, and teacher education. (Author)

A moral sex education program in the public schools can contribute to sexual health and be an important factor in the prevention of sex-related problems. Given certain guidelines, even the most controversial topics may be discussed in school within a moral framework. (JN)

This report describes formal and informal methods of moral education operative in Pakistan. The nation's Islamic environment is explained; school policy, objectives, and practices are outlined; and informal moral education efforts through the mass media are noted. Problems in moral education in Pakistan and proposals for the future are discussed.…

The moral criticism approach employs elements of criticism and moral reasoning to reach reasoned decisions regarding the rightness or wrongness of actions in applications of scientific knowledge. (JN)

Instruction in democracy is not primarily a matter of arbitrarily imposing our society's ways on immature individuals. For Dewey, the interests of a democratic society lie in maximizing the potential of the individuals constituting it. Both the social system and the educational process are responsible for contributing to individual development.…

This overview notes that moral education permeates all school curriculum, especially social studies and religion, since South African law mandates that education for Whites have a Christian character. The code of conduct for White teachers is quoted. Different provisions for Blacks are described and segregated schooling discussed in this context.…