Discusses the place of the sciences and health care professions in Catholic education, and the moral and ethical issues that are attached to the professions. Argues for the inclusion of spiritual discussion in public life, including the field of health care. Discusses challenges teachers face in addressing ethical reflection in a technological…

Examines moral orientation in terms of consistency across varying contexts, such as its relation to gender and to gender role. Explores influence of moral decision-making on consequences of action. Suggests that different moral orientations may be embedded in life experience and connect with an individual's sense of moral identity in real-life…

Suggests that Korea's cultural changes and trends are reflected in the country's kindergarten curriculum. Provides an overview of traditional Korean early childhood education and the historical evolution of kindergarten curriculum. Discusses the modern national kindergarten curriculum and its relationship to Korean culture and concludes that…

The college president is an educator first, a public teacher and model citizen second, and only incidentally a scholar, fund raiser, manager, lobbyist, and cheerleader. The campus is a guardian of public discourse, with teaching and discourse linking the campus and community. The president's first task is to force periodic examination of the…

Argues for desirability of high ethical standards on college and university campuses. Concentrates on academic integrity policies and procedures. Claims that students learn from institutions' responses to academic dishonesty and from schools' expectations about students' response to the dishonesty of others, thus teaching courage, compassion,…

Generates a framework for considering the influence of cultural values and assumptions on counseling theory and practice by combining philosophical hermeneutics with interpretive social science perspectives. Suggests that moral visions operate as disguised ideology in counseling, shaping case conceptualization, diagnosis, and treatment decisions.…

Uses a case study to demonstrate the effects of cultural conflict, alienation, anomie, and contemporary urban society on the lives of troubled Native American youth. Shows that by teaching traditional Native American values, such as visions of hope and independence, society can help these youth enjoy a promising future. (RJM)

Studied the moral concerns and orientations of 100 sixth graders and 94 ninth graders in Finland through their written stories. Findings show that sixth and ninth graders emphasize different kinds of moral conflicts in schools, and that there are gender differences as well as age differences. (SLD)

Argues for a procedure for moral education that begins by categorizing the meaning of moral, establishing what counts as good performance, framing assessment methods, and devising experiments in methods for moral education that result in practical recommendations. Explains that it must be decided what counts as moral reasoning. (CMK)

Presents points of agreement with DeVries, Zan, and Hildebrandt: overall educational philosophy, the developmental path from egocentrism to reciprocity, and educational approaches when fundamental ethical principles are at stake. Examines the substantial differences in perspectives regarding the substance of morality, the process of teaching…

A review of the literature and meta-analytic research into the effectiveness of character/moral education programs reveals that Christian educators should be wary of implementing such curricula. A history of character education demonstrates how the field has evolved. Problems associated with programming rationale, faulty methodology, and lack of…

Presents the results of a survey that explored whether there is a common set of values and beliefs that parents and teachers agree should be taught in elementary classrooms. Reports that eight of the 18 elementary teaching choices on the questionnaire were agreed upon by teachers and parents. (CMK)

Presents three experiments investigating the effects of mood on college students' capacities of moral reasoning. Explains that the experiments: (1) investigated the effects of happy and sad mood conditions on moral reasoning; (2) investigated mood effect when the task is self-oriented; and (3) exposed subjects to socially disturbing moral…

Presents an interview with John Wilson covering topics such as: addressing the people who influenced him, highlighting Wilson's career and home background, and providing discussions on his opinions related to religion, morality, moral education, and the concept of authority. (CMK)

Explores John Wilson's ideas on moral education, arguing against Wilson's criticism of virtue theory. Evaluates Wilson's account of moral education from the perspective of a neo-Aristotelian sense of morality and moral development. Focuses on a part of Wilson's work, "A New Introduction to Moral Education." (CMK)