The ethics training program at the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences involves a four-way dialogue among clinical faculty and house staff, ethics faculty and fellows, the medical students, and philosophy ethics students. The program's clinical basis allows participants to become sophisticated about ethical issues in practice.…

Moral reasoning is part of and necessary for everyday life, and it is important in teacher education programs. Teacher educators must consider moral issues and engage in moral reasoning with their students in all areas of education. This paper provides examples of how some teacher educators have incorporated such issues into actual and proposed…

An alternative to traditional solutions to academic cheating is proposed which provides a systematic institutional strategy stressing academic and professional integrity, encourages students to actively ensure academic integrity, and administers swift and fair punishment to violators. Implications are drawn for dental education and development of…

Describes the License to Lead program which is designed to increase adolescents' understanding of the ethical decision-making process and how to apply it to daily situations. Proposes that it provides an excellent opportunity for parents, schools, and community organizations to help their young people develop the attributes needed to become better…

Describes using fairy tales told "from the other side of the tale" with young elementary school students. Discusses how telling "Cinderella" from the stepsister's viewpoint can help children understand critical reasoning, fairness in dealing with others, and forming judgments based on positive values, thus avoiding the…

Describes a graduate course in ethics which provides students with a structured opportunity for the development of important ethical skills. Argues that faculty members in graduate preparation programs have the responsibility to see that students receive proper ethical training. Looks at course rationale, course content, and course outcomes. (RJM)

Described are activities that lead to values clarification. Issues such as dissection, bioengineering, birth control, medical resources, and death are discussed. Included is a student questionnaire on the subject of dissection and the use of animals in laboratories. (KR)

Explores two dichotomies that depict moral education and examines the strengths and weaknesses of the four principal orientations to moral education. Provides an integrated theory of moral education that incorporates both sides of each dichotomy providing necessary dimensions to research, theory, and practice of moral education. (Author/DB)

Presents the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's panel recommendations concerning moral education in public schools. Stresses the role teachers and administrators play in assessing a school's moral climate and defining and encouraging moral action. Provides strategies for schools. Examines how ties between schools and…

Describes and comments on rationale for moral education under socialism in Soviet Union. Discusses current Soviet children's literature as attempt to systematize and coordinate moral education and political socialization in elementary and secondary schools. Cites evidence of reconstructionist ideology in curriculum and planned educational…

Investigates the relationship between moral reasoning and instructional preference in a cross-cultural setting. Questions whether the kind of schooling as well as the amount of schooling correlate with levels of moral reasoning. Finds significant correlations. Contends that the importance of this study lies in its use to facilitate the adaptation…

Identifies issues arising from the inclusion of sex education in the school curriculum. Issues range from the questions of content and organization to those concerning teaching based upon moral considerations. Examines the primary school and the secondary school's curriculum. Calls for a program that is realistically tailored to the needs of…

Claims that the motivation to act on moral judgments is dependent, in part, on one's conception of the good life. Argues that the interest in acting morally may be particularly salient in adolescence and ethical behavior and may be established at that time. Suggests focusing on moral action in educational programs. (KO)

Three theoretical perspectives on moral development and education are analyzed: individual (Kohlberg's theory of justice reasoning), interactional, and sociocultural. A continuum of six options for educational intervention is outlined, including the teacher as socialization agent, negotiation strategies, structured interventions, and an explicit…

A study of 110 first-year University of Virginia medical students taking a required course in medical ethics found that the curriculum had little effect on student attitudes toward certain ethical questions or on their factual knowledge regarding particular ethical and legal issues. (Author/MSE)