Gifted and regular high school students (n=158) completed a questionnaire on beliefs in fixed ability to learn, simple knowledge, quick learning, and certain knowledge; then advised a hypothetical student about going to college despite poor grades and few resources; and reported their feelings toward school and expectations of college demands.…

Recommends the adoption of cooperative learning techniques in history courses. Argues that cooperative learning facilitates critical thinking, democratic values, student participation, and improved retention. Illustrates this with examples from European, United States, and African American survey courses. (MJP)

Addresses the question of how to infuse an artistic aesthetic into classroom music performance. Recommends using material that offers students an aesthetic opportunity yet remains within their intellectual and artistic grasp. Discusses types of compositions that meet these requirements and suggests some creative rehearsal techniques. (MJP)

Examines six school-university partnerships developed between the special education department of the University of South Florida and surrounding school districts, and delineates key factors contributing to their progress. Challenges to partnerships are discussed, including the establishment of parity and the role of personal values in developing…

Examines the newly adopted code of ethics, reviews some ethical decision-making models, and hypothesizes how the maturity of a student might mediate the effective use of codes and of decision-making models. Provides a model for human service educators that integrates ethical guidelines and ethical decision-making models. (RJM)

Even improved school systems cannot fully prepare children for the challenges ahead, so families must become partners in education. Parents must be lifelong teachers: effective parents must model appropriate behaviors and attitudes, provide guidance, communicate love, teach responsibility, create community, nurture spiritual values, and…

Provides an overview of British educational policy concerning moral education. Discusses the development of goals and standards, and problems with implementing these across the educational system. Describes some general goals and approaches around which a moral education curriculum could be built. (MJP)

Addresses the concern that society is raising a generation of children who lack a conscience. Examines the increasing number of youth who are not bonded to caring adults in home, school, church, or community. Explores ways to develop self-discipline and values, the role of society, virtue for delinquents, and altruism in action. (RJM)

Reviews six films about issues related to multicultural and social justice education in the United States: "It's Elementary: Talking about Gay Issues in School"; "Starting Small: Teaching Children Tolerance"; "In Whole Honor?"; "Children Talk about AIDS"; "Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary";…

An award-winning educator discusses experiences that taught her to be sensitive to student experiences and encourage them to think. She explains why she doesn't like grades, how the ethics of care is thoroughly relational, and that it is important for kids to be attached to their geographic place yet develop skills that enable them to communicate…

This article argues that the current school reform movement of high-stakes testing is misguided. It advocates that democratic dispositions and cultural competency be included in the major goals of schooling and proposes that the purpose of schooling should be determined through public deliberation within diverse communities. (Contains references.)…

Discusses curriculum development in the areas of character education and media literacy. Topics include what character education is and what it attempts to promote within a school setting; moral judgments; moral and ethical values; behavior; decision making; the role of mass media, including media violence; and adding media education to the…

Examines peace education at the elementary school level, stressing the need to include interpersonal and international relations when teaching peace. Suggests peace education can lead children to prosocial behavior. Sees peace as a positive of being. Urges the infusion of peace education throughout the elementary social studies curriculum. (CH)

Presents 10 problems that youths confront as result of societal changes and shifting family values that have potential to disrupt or impede the educational, social, and/or emotional development of students. Provides itemized action steps for school counselors to work directly with the students and their parents and the philosophical reasoning…

Analyzes establishment of compulsory moral and civic instruction in France at the turn of the century using the recently developed research techniques of social history. Maintains that the application of social history techniques will provide new insights into historical and educational research. Includes an extensive bibliography of primary and…