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)

Represents a collection of normative data for the survey of reading attitudes using a sample of (N=90) inner city remedial readers. Reliability estimates for Expressed Reading Difficulty and Reading as Enjoyment justify their use in making inferences about students. Lowest reliability was for Alternative Learning Modes. (JAC)

It is suggested that the curriculum is comprised of a set of experiences, selected to facilitate a student's progress toward defined educational goals. The curriculum should be appropriate to the mission of the college as well as to the kinds of students enrolled. (MLW)

Outlines the Max Planck Institute's exhaustive report on West German educational trends since World War II. An analysis of the effects of changing social values and demographic factors on educational policy, school organization, enrollment trends, curriculum design, and teaching methods is included. (AM)

Studied a cluster-analytic approach to developing value profiles as a technique for identifying value similarities in managerial subgroups. Results, from a sample of Indian (N=27) and American managers (N=47), show that two dominant value profiles (designated "pragmatic" and "altruistic") were present and helped explain variances in decision…

Non-quantifiable knowledge, involving sensory information, conceptualization, and imagination, is discussed in relation to educational evalution. Evaluation is discussed in terms of educational connoisseurship, or the art of appreciation; and educational criticism, which informs, interprets, and appraises. (MH)

Cricizes Jacqueline Kasun's article denouncing sex education programs. Refutes her charges that the sex education program in Arcata, California, was designed to indoctrinate children in the direction of a new morality. States that the program was an attempt by teachers and the community to reinforce familial and moral values. (BE)

Heeney critiques two works on, respectively, American and Canadian independent schools: "The Elite Schools" by Leonard Baird and "A Question of Privilege" by Carolyn Gossage. He discusses the social context of their historical model, the English public school, and draws comparisons to the schools described in these two works.…

A college's ethos, based on the perceptions of the institution's character from both faculty and students, may provide a basis for decisions necessary for a college's survival in the next decade. Survey results show colleges most likely to survive balance self-awareness, empathetic responsiveness, internal coherence, resilience, and autonomous…

Describes concepts from social anthropology as confirming the traditional role and skills of the counselor--warm, emphatic, interpersonal communicator. Proposes counselors take comfort in the speculation that they actually serve the long-term needs of society, but that helping professionals should also be concerned about accountability. (JAC)

The learning process model is based on trainee input and is especially designed to help trainees learn basic interpersonal relationship skills, review program and professional expectations and opportunities, assess their potential and motivation for different careers in teaching and related professions, and examine their career objectives. (Author)

The moral economy is described as that segment of the world's social system in which individuals' decisions and actions are dominated by their image of the general good, even at some cost to their individual economic welfare. (MLW)

The family system is a variation of the teacher-advisor system which encourages educational and personal growth. A Life Experience Studies curriculum which emphasizes values claraifcation and decision making is presented. (JAC)

Research on the values of social workers and the effect of education on professional socialization is examined with particular reference to self-selection, the role of age in openness to change, the effectiveness of explication in communication of specific values, and need for faculty to present models to students. (Author/MLW)

Examines the climate in non-rural America that is and has been in part responsible for much of the suffering in rural areas. Shows how some specific rural inequities stem from federal policies. Appraises the Carter administration's response to rural problems. Suggests possible solutions. (SB)