Educators need to recapture the historical role of schools to pass on to the young the community's best values. The current status of moral education in schools, the consequences of the present conditions, needed changes, and implications for pre-service and inservice teacher education are discussed. (IAH)

Examines reforms in public administration education that promoted a shift toward a technical orientation, and the subsequent rediscovery of the moral foundations of public service. Discusses how the ethics-based approach can be sustained, and challenges the profession to do so. (MSE)

Before discussing the selection of trainees (not on basis of religious background) and the teacher training curriculum (content, methodology, practicum, and climate), the author discusses rationale and changing aims of religious education and the present status of teaching religion in West African schools. (JT)

Integrating ethics into a communication course is one means of advancing an understanding of ethical issues. Since textbooks in most instances will not have a substantial coverage of ethical material, the instructor can look for supplementary materials in references such as the bibliography entitled "Ethical Responsibility in Communication"…

Sources consulted in preparing this bibliography of education material related to the teaching of moral or values education include the "Bibliographie de Quebec,""British Education Index," the "Canadian Education Index," the "Cumulative Book Index," the "Current Index to Journals in Education," the "Directory of Education Studies in Canada," the…

Following a brief history of the church's role in Swedish education, the author explains the expanded Swedish definition of moral education, which includes the socialization process as a whole. Current objectives, research projects, curriculum developments, and church activities are discussed, as are parent and teacher education programs. (SJL)

According to Peters, there are five procedural principles crucial for moral education: worthwhile activities; consideration of interests; freedom; respect for persons; and truth-telling. This article argues that these principles are not critical for moral education and fail to address important issues, such as the question "What ought I to do?"…

This text presents educational philosophy mainly as a variety of philosophical thinking, or thought, which includes both process and content or method and principles. More specifically, the text takes such intellectual activity chiefly to be the quest for a certain kind of understanding, the quest that the ancient Greeks called "the love of…

Some of the major changes and trends in ethical philosophy and ethics teaching are illustrated through an analysis of ethics primers. Changes in the field of ethics and in the development of moral awareness are reflected in the development of ethics primers. (JN)

The boredom of law students in their second and third years raises questions about the meaningfulness and appropriateness of traditional courses and the place of clinical and interdisciplinary courses in the curriculum. Seven curriculum priorities were identified, among them: legal history, social sciences, economics, international law, and…

The relationship between professions and society is changing rapidly. However, society still values the physician as healer and professional. Medicine's professional associations and academic institutions must ensure that all physicians understand professionalism and accept its obligations. They should encourage physicians' moral and intellectual…

Examines the "missionaries" in public schools, educators who teach civic and moral values, at times to the detriment of academic achievement, to enlighten their students and emancipate their minds. Briefly discusses the ideas on education of Plato, Rousseau, and contemporary deconstructivist thinkers. (WFA)

A survey of all 16 Canadian medical schools found that 15 provided some ethics education. Time allocated ranged from 10-45 hours per degree, with no discernible pattern of distribution across years. Most teaching was case based and issue oriented, most instructors were physicians, and most schools used a pass-fail standard. (Author/MSE)

Considers multiculturalism as a moral issue. Notes scarcity of authentic multicultural classrooms and identifies four underlying factors. Uses two realistic classroom scenarios to point out moral and educational considerations that underlie multiculturalism. Recommends four multicultural practices for teachers. (DLH)

Both critical thinking and much of moral education see the function of education as the bringing forth of the rational capacities of the child. Although there are similarities between the interest in critical thinking as the basis for educational reform and the educational concern with the moral development of school children, crucial differences…