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Benninga, Jacques S., Ed. – 1991
This collection of essays addresses the debate over moral education. The contributors deal with whether educators should influence children's value orientation through a direct program advocating restraint and higher moral standards, or whether educators should teach students to cope and adapt by providing a variety of alternatives from which the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Gelberg, Denise – 1997
This book's central thesis is that the relationship between school managers and teachers predicts the type of education offered children. That is, education can be seen as a handing down of information, or it can be viewed as a cooperative affair. The text is divided into two parts: 1895-1925 and 1961-1995. Chapter 1, which discusses America's…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Murphy, James F.; Howard, Dennis R. – 1977
An overview is provided of societal events and factors contributing to social change and how these relate to leisure behavior patterns. It is primarily addressed to students in leisure studies and park management curricula in community recreation, programming, and administration courses. The book is divided into three parts: Section I includes…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Community Recreation Programs, Ethnic Groups, Family Attitudes
Green, Thomas F.
The author raises questions in analyses of educational policy issues and suggests possible answers to them. The questions concern the nature of changes in the educational system from a given proposed policy change, the magnitude of such change, and the length of time needed to secure the anticipated magnitude of change. Competency-based education…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Benefits, Educational Change
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1977
Four concept papers prepared by the director of the Office of Career Education, U.S. Office of Education, during 1976-77 are presented in this monograph. "Career Education and Manpower Training" presents a treatment of jobs versus work, specific vocational skills versus adaptability skills, paid employment versus productive use of leisure time,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Colleges, Community Role, Employment
Silber, John – 1989
This book presents the ideas of the president of Boston University on how America can change course and restore traditional democratic values. The primary threat to American freedom comes not from foreign nations but from societal and individual attitudes of self indulgence, extravagance, and a declinging educational system. A return to…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
Sorochan, Walter D.; Bender, Stephen J. – 1978
This book is designed to be of use to the secondary health educator. It is divided into five parts. Part one is devoted to a discussion of the philosophic-holistic meaning of health. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationship between health and life style. In part two the physiological, emotional, social, intellectual, and moral development…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Design, Health Education, Individual Development
Dengler, Mary – 1977
As an introduction to the role of children's literature in the People's Republic of China, the author provides an overview of the content and themes of Chinese children's literature. The role of amateur writers is discussed and popular works of Chinese children's literature are summarized. The author also contrasts content and objectives of…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Content Area Reading
Allen, Rodney F.
This document describes how environmental educators can incorporate values education into their classrooms. After analyzing Kohlberg's stages of moral development, the first section of the paper stresses that the environmental educator needs to facilitate student dialogue and reasoning appropriate to the student's moral stage and to encourage…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards
Prichard, Keith W.; Buxton, Thomas H. – 1973
This book is intended to serve as a supplementary text for the study of the sociology of education at the beginning level. The authors place heavy emphasis on the work of ten foremost authorities in the field of sociology of education and draw on the theories of more generalized sociologists as well. Throughout the book, the practical implications…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Cultural Context, Educational Methods, Educational Practices
Casteel, J. Doyle; And Others – 1974
One of the major goals of the social studies is to help students gain and refine skills in the area of value clarification. Value sheets, carefully planned activities designed to elicit value clarifying patterns of language from students, are one way of securing value clarification. Sheets, planned in conjunction with ongoing units of instruction,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Decision Making, Democratic Values
Jacobs, Don Trent; Jacobs-Spencer, Jessica – 2001
This book about teaching virtues is based on a fundamental American Indian view that sees the universe as intimate relationships of living things that are vitally affected by attributes called universal virtues. These virtues cross all boundaries and cannot be "taught" in isolation. They are woven into all subjects that are worth…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Citizenship Responsibility, Classroom Environment, Educational Strategies
Andrews, Sharon Vincz; Ali, Cynthia D. – 1997
This book offers ideas to help parents teach positive values to their children. The book suggests ways to teach children to have the courage to tell the truth; to understand the value of hard work and persistence; and to make positive contributions to their community, their country, and their world. It includes four sections on helping children…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Willower, Donald J.; Licata, Joseph W. – 1997
This book strives to present a practical approach to administration that is philosophically sound and scientifically informed. Because the practice of administration is concerned with values, the book argues that administrators require not only a well-developed set of commitments but also a workable process of valuation that will enable them to…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Damon, William – 1997
This book introduces the concept of a youth charter -- a communication strategy that can help young people understand the reactions of others to their behavior. Such charters identify a community's standards and expectations for young people's behavior and created occasions for imparting these standards and expectations to the young. The process…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Behavior Standards, Change Strategies
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