NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 4,606 to 4,620 of 5,382 results Save | Export
Langford, Peter E. – 1990
Reported are four studies of the development of moral autonomy among 720 individuals ranging in age from 12 to 21 years. A questionnaire and a focused interview technique were used to find indications of autonomy in moral judgments and the justifications for these judgments. Tasks elicited moral decisions in the areas of child rearing, schools,…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Walsh, Kevin – 1990
Three dimensions of education--development of knowledge, training of mental abilities, and development of character--and their implications for social and individual good are discussed in this paper. Education is described as the process that prepares young people for their social inheritance through the transmission of societal values. A…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness
Hague, William J. – 1986
The 10-chapter book presents a holistic approach to teaching religious and moral development emphasizing the essential unity of human nature and the convergence in recent years of religion and the science of psychology. Primarily a two-part psychological study, it discusses the varieties of religious experience and the role of emotion in human…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Emotional Development
Zeidler, Dana Lewis – 1987
Progressive approaches to science education incorporate a social dimension based on an interdisciplinary curriculum. The importance of such an approach has been recognized by educators and many science-techonology-society (STS) programs have been developed as a response to this social need. However, such programs may fall short of their mark…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
Tatum, Juanita Bowman; Blair, Marion R., Ed. – 1982
For a successful transition to adulthood, young people need opportunities to be responsible, caring, participating members of society. A study was designed to test the effectiveness of peer discipline control in seventh grade classrooms. The context was a language arts class in which the students were learning parliamentary procedures. A class…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Codes of Ethics, Discipline, Grade 7
Welfel, Elizabeth Reynolds; Lipsitz, Neal E. – 1982
This paper reviews the current empirical literature on counselor ethics, suggesting that it offers little guidance in understanding why unethical behavior occurs or how to remedy such behavior. The research literature is classified according to four basic areas of concern: (1) documenting the incidence of unethical practice; (2) identifying the…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Codes of Ethics, Counselor Evaluation, Counselors
Bennett, A. C.; Novak, J. M. – 1981
This paper explores the relationship between invitational and moral education. Invitational education is defined as a system which intentionally invites students to perceive themselves as valuable, able, and responsible and to behave accordingly. Moral education is a process based on Lawrence Kohlberg's levels of moral reasoning which advocates…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Decision Making Skills, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Ryan, Patricia – 1978
This manual, one of a series of manuals developed for the Foster Parent Training Project at Eastern Michigan University, was designed to assist instructors in presenting course content to foster parents on how to deal with problems of lying and stealing in their foster children. The introductory section presents information for the instructor on…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Foster Children, Foster Family
Blackwell, Peggy J.; And Others – 1973
A study to determine parental attitudes towards the education their secondary school children were receiving was conducted at two sites: Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A major objective was to determine the range of parent concerns, the logical structure of these concerns, and the priorities among the concerns. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship, College Preparation, Educational Objectives
Thomas, Theodore H. – 1976
This module represents one portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. It focuses on the issue of ethics in urban management performance and is designed to demonstrate that ethical dilemmas are a personal, complex, everyday managerial problem, and to enlarge the range of ethical options…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Inservice Education
Nicholes, Daniel R.; Kubelick, Cheryl L. – 1979
This manual for elementary school teachers discusses the stages of social reasoning and suggests methods for establishing a classroom and school-wide community to aid students in social reasoning and self-governance. The document contains five sections. Section one focuses on the stages of social reasoning according to William Damon: premoral…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Affective Behavior, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Morrill, Richard L. – 1980
During American colleges' current process of reexamining their commitment to fostering moral development in students, questions have arisen: What is the place of values education in higher education? Does the study of ethics improve moral character? Is it possible to teach values without indoctrinating students? What are the best methods for…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, College Instruction, College Role
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Torney, Judith V.; Brice, Patrick J. – 1979
Recent literature on children's conceptions of social institutions is reviewed, and the results of a pilot study on children's concepts of human rights are described. A series of interview questions was developed based on rights specified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Questions in Part I of the interview concerned a presumed…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Civil Liberties, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students
Lytton, Hugh – 1976
This paper examines some of the aspects of compliance, its antecedents and consequences, that emerged from a sutdy of 136, 2 1/2 year-old boys. The investigation studied parent-child interaction by means of naturalistic home observation, ratings based on observation and interviews, and experimental procedures. Four compliance criterion measures,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Discipline, Family Influence
Jelinek, James John – 1976
This yearbook records some basic ideas on values education which the author previously presented to lay and professional audiences. The first part of the document focuses on the formulation of problems and principles. A principle is defined as a solution to a problem. Seventy principles are identified and listed. For example, one principle is an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  304  |  305  |  306  |  307  |  308  |  309  |  310  |  311  |  312  |  ...  |  359