This resource book provides ideas, strategies, techniques, examples, and resources for organizing, implementing, sustaining, and assessing character education programs in K-12 schools. The text is organized into several topics: (1) historical and theoretical bases for character education; (2) a description of a comprehensive character education…

The status of formal ethics instruction was assessed by a dental school survey and literature review. Although three-fourths of respondents indicated commitment to teaching ethics, there was no agreement about what is being taught as ethics. Issues of curriculum content, teaching methods, degree requirements, and faculty are discussed. (Author/MSE)

The author outlines the basic requirements of moral education, discusses obstacles to it, and suggests that practical possibilities for its acceptance may be found in international cooperation and in research and development efforts. (SJL)

Presents the results of a survey of Canada's 10 provincial education ministries regarding the promotion of moral education in their public schools. Compares the results with a similar survey conducted 12 years previously. Concludes that Quebec has made great strides in improving moral education while other provinces have lagged. (SG)

Discusses the influence of Hindu, Moslem, and Buddhist metaphysics on Maria Montessori's own pedagogical philosophy of Cosmic Education, which she regarded as the core of all learning experiences, after her visit to India. Considers the relationship between Montessori's ideas of child development and Cosmic Education, and the effect of Indian…

Many people are anxious about values, morality, and religion in the schools. Business, political, religious, and educational leaders are concerned; confusion is widespread. This document aims at assisting interested parties to understand better the source of some of the difficulties faced by parents, school board members, teachers, legislators,…

Frequent use of credibility phrases such as "to be perfectly honest" and "frankly speaking" may lend credence to the description of this era as being the Age of Disbelief. It is not enough that truth is implied in a discussion, it must be made explicit verbally. What do students think when they see headlines that decry fraud,…

Perceptions of forces that may restrain the implementation of needed change in legal ethics instruction were investigated in 1984, using a model of resistance to planned change proposed by Goodwin Watson. Based on this model, five barriers to change were assessed: conformity to norms, systemic and cultural coherence, vested interests, the…

Four issues which deserve attention by moral education program evaluators when assessing program effectiveness are discussed. The first issue involves how the program might help school people cope with a problem that they believe they have. If school people are interested in problem-related outcomes, they should be willing to facilitate the…

People need to learn what choosing and acting morally involves and how to do it. Educational programs, well conceived, pedagogically sound, and morally carried on, are basic to attaining personal and social well-being. (Author)

This posthumous paper attempts to clarify curriculum fundamentals such as boundaries, conceptual units, relationships, principles, and ethical dimensions. Presents an ontological approach viewing curriculum as a highly complex and dynamic interaction of events and acts and stressing the importance of the learning environment. (MLH)

Interprets the humanities as a rich and essential resource for understanding and making human choices in the real late twentieth century world. (MSE)

A formal conceptual framework for responsibility education is presented, and a range of educational implications are derived. The concept of responsibility education stems from the notion that contemporary social conditions and moral issues are related to three concerns: pedagogy, curriculum, and institution. (JN)

Analyzes the arguments against including competitive sports in the compulsory curriculum. Considers the adverse effects of selfishness and the emphasis upon winning and discusses the role of the teacher in competitive sports. Concludes that teachers can avoid miseducation by altering the value orientation, appealing to rationality, and becoming…

Discusses the need for business ethics courses in undergraduate and graduate business degree programs. Describes reasons for and objections to such programs. Explains that business ethics instruction requires varied case studies, adequate teaching materials, cooperation between philosophers and business faculty, and instructors who are forthcoming…