The United States needs more citizens who question the morality of using military power to conduct foreign affairs and who can ethically weigh federal spending and industrial, environmental, and social priorities. Instead of bemoaning students' dismal math and science performance, we should address their woeful ignorance of history, literature,…

As higher education institutions increase their use of distance teaching methods and materials, they will be increasingly accused of bias in selection of materials and design of curriculum and therefore of misrepresentation of content issues. Such judgments must be made within the discipline and not by administrative or external authorities. (MSE)

Examines the informer-rule, found in many college and university honor systems, which considers it morally and institutionally imperative that those who offend against the honor system report themselves or be reported by others. The article questions whether individuals should report each other, asking whether it is morally and institutionally…

Decline in quality of undergraduate instruction is due not to general decline in faculty values but to an active market for faculty in which prestige-seeking colleges and universities compete to build institutional excellence through the faculty they hire, at the expense of undergraduate teaching. (MSE)

Discusses the place of moral education in Spain's educational system. Contends that the particular political and social context in which Spanish education has developed has caused moral education to acquire a special nature that is different from even neighboring nations. (CFR)

Examined preschoolers' and second and fifth graders' development of two types of perspective taking: (1) perspective taking based on differences in the information available to two people; and (2) perspective taking based on differences in weighting the same information. (RH)

Examines criteria for a moral epistemology of practice in teaching. Requirements include a view of meaning and truth; a comprehensive scope; a flexible view of rationality; morality; a common language of description, explanation, and justification; and sensitivity to objectivity. The moral issues of care, courage, and deceit are discussed. (SM)

Undergraduate students (n=480) responded to a vignette describing a sexual interaction between a father and daughter (either 7 or 15 years old). More causal and moral responsibility was attributed to victims who responded passively. Older victims were perceived to be more morally responsible than younger victims but only in situations involving…

Students in grades two through five in two elementary school programs were compared over four years on measures of social development. One program emphasized an external motivational orientation; the other helped children develop an internal commitment to values and norms. Results showed that schools differed in ways that were consistent with…

A study of elementary teachers and students suggests an ethic of caring is essential to the definition of effective teaching. The article describes a process for restructuring teacher education programs based on that ethic and notes seven characteristics of a teacher education program promoting development of an ethic of caring. (SM)

Racism in the United States is more than a moral issue. There are serious threats to national security posed by racial divisions, and there are costs that constrain society's ability to produce and progress. Societal commitment to the goal of racial parity will have economic as well as moral effects. (SLD)

Discusses specific pedagogical practices, embedded within a distinct context, leading to a particular poststructural curriculum for educational justice. The description provides a conceptual framework to guide in the reflection of each individual's pedagogical practices. (SM)

Four studies revealed that (1) children judged a wrongdoer in a story to feel happy; (2) the incidence of happy judgments did not decline with age; (3) the presence of their teacher had an effect on children's judgments; and (4) some children judged the wrongdoer to feel sad rather than scared. (BB)

A study investigated whether computer conferencing would encourage critical reflection in prospective teachers. A computer conference helped students examine their taken-for-granted assumptions, the validity in differing perspectives, and consequences of choice making. Findings suggest that computer conferencing can help students reach this goal,…

Discusses special education's role in the problems of schooling, reviewing two works. "Behind Special Education" suggests contradictions between democratic ends and bureaucratic means often cause a bureaucratic isolation of individuals who cannot fulfill institutional expectations. "The Ethics of Special Education" states…