This paper serves two purposes: (1) it outlines some of the conflicting characterizations of the differences among scientific and artistic approaches to qualitative research; and (2) it provides some illustrations from conceptual and empirical research to demonstrate that these are indeed differences that matter. The following four ways in which…

Like the language of any group in American society that struggles for an identity, the language or dialects used by women in higher education, must be studied, researched, and represented within the curriculum, notably within the literary curriculum. A group's behavior, and often its self-esteem, is expressed within the constraints of the group's…

Gilligan's theory, which identifies two distinct orientations of moral decision-making, care and justice, was extended in this study. Moral dilemmas were used to ascertain percentages of care-based responses versus justice-based responses in 40 men and 39 women. Based on previous research, it was predicted that by increasing the level of…

Assessed were children's uses of effort and intentionality cues in judgments of morality and disposition. Children of 4, 7, and 10 years were presented with one prediction and four judgment stories. Judgment stories factorially combined two levels of intentionality and two levels of effort. These stories described different actors and the same…

The relationship between a two-semester university-based legal clinic experience and the moral judgment of third-year law school student participants was investigated. A nonstandard form of the Kohlberg Moral Judgment Interview (MJI) was administered to 20 students at the beginning of the clinic and to the remaining 14 students near the completion…

A study was made of aspects of Italian children's moral behavior and moral reasoning in equity and non-equity situations. Subjects were male and female children of low socioeconomic status who were between the approximate ages of 8.5 and 10.5 years. Groups of four children were formed to include subjects of various sociometric status: one high,…

Children's increasing use of intentions and motives and decreasing use of outcomes to morally evaluate action are perhaps the most researched phenomena in moral cognition. However, relatively little is known about the acquisition of the ability to make moral evaluations and the processes involved. Based on the assumption that children's…

Explores the aesthetic underpinnings of the "postcards" included in each segment of the "MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour." Discusses the postcards' somewhat limited but effective appeal over their 13-month lifespan and suggests that their very construction is probably indebted to the avant garde genre of film production. (JD)

Administered a test of moral judgment to a group of 30 graduate students with no previous counseling experience who were enrolled in an introductory counseling course. Found high moral development group was superior to a low moral development group in the demonstration of empathy on a counseling tape. (Author/ABL)

Students in grades 1, 2, and 5 ranked moral transgressions as more wrong than conventional transgressions and rated moral rules as more important than conventional rules. The distinction between morality and convention on criterion judgments was made more comprehensively by older than younger children. Justifications differed by domains at all…

The role of schools in promoting social reproduction is the focus of unproductive debate among proponents and between adherents and others. This essay is concerned with how this body of theory may become a force for progressive, practical transformation. (MT)

Examined is Carol Gilligan's thesis that men and women use different moral languages to resolve moral dilemmas, i.e., women speak a language of caring and responsibility, and men speak a language of rights and justice. Her thesis is not grounded with adequate philosophical assumptions. (Author/RM)

Analyzes the moral acts of 19 dyads of 4-year-olds in a cognitively simplified version of the Prisoner's Dilemma Game in relationship to their friendship, emotions, and processes of conflict resolution. (HOD)

The important impact of musical (aesthetic) education on developing a value system that maximizes the humanizing process of each individual is discussed. Music educators must act as purveyors of the culture and develop music curriculum in which students will participate. (BS)

Discusses seven court cases that have helped clarify teachers' privacy rights and the limitations on those rights. (MLF)