Proposes that in the quest for truth, teachers and students concern themselves with the prevalence of information overload, euphemisms, and doublespeak. (JL)

Discusses educational issues affected by the conservative right, including church-state separation, school prayer, censorship, creationism, moral education, and humanism. Maintains that a politically powerful religious right threatens the separation of church and state. (Author/JM)

States that moral education has traditionally been characterized by interpretative and normative issues of moral philosophy. Critiques Lawrence Kohlberg's and Jurgen Habermas' theories of moral education. Questions whether moral education can be defined both in the differences and connections with moral philosophy. Examines Johann Herbart's…

Discusses the history and evolution of information ethics at the University of Pittsburgh and describes a course that was developed in the School of Information Sciences that includes the need for moral instruction and ethical reflection, resolving moral dilemmas, and ethical issues in librarianship, information technology, and management.…

Examines Jane Elliot's "Blue Eyed, Brown-Eyed" activity. Evaluates this activity as a moral education tool using Michel Foucault's theories of ethical self-formation and care of the self. Argues that creating a moral self requires ongoing judgments about how one responds to the condition of others. (CAJ)

This 72-item bibliography presents an overview of publications related to moral development. The listing includes books and articles related to individual moral character development and how schools are involved in the development process. (EH)

This document explores the way in which courage, as a central virtue, and friendship, as a valued human state, have a significant place within the view of the education of character. Education of character is determined to bridge the gap between moral judgment and moral action. This paper has five sections. First, the need for character education…

This issue of "Children in Contemporary Society" focuses on the theme of moral education for young children and addresses the following topics: the historical background of interest in and conceptualization of moral education; aspects of child development that affect the young child's judgment and conduct on moral issues; the…

The specific questions of behavior and morality confronting today's youth are depicted in many novels which present situations involving the problems, anxieties, and questions relevant to growing children and adolescents. General social problems, such as youth gangs, interracial friendships, and illegitimate pregnancy, as well as unique personal…

Discusses the necessity of journalism leaders and educators fighting the group-think morality movement. Suggests that courses in both applied ethics and ethical theory should be offered to graduate and undergraduate journalism students. (JK)

College students who took the Defining Issues Test (DIT) were instructed to simulate the responses of 11-, 15-, and 19-year-old adolescents; other college students selected moral issues which they believed should be presented to adolescents in those age groups who were faced with the moral dilemmas in the DIT. (Author/DB)

Explains R. W. Beardsmore's account of the nature of morality and moral behavior and examines the implications that it has for moral education at all levels. (Author/RK)

Provides a critical appraisal of two significant contributions of the Minnesota approach to moral development. Describes one contribution as the componential model that describes the four psychological components underlying moral behavior. Identifies the second contribution as the conceptual and methodological reformulations known as the…

Using Nel Noddings ethic of Care, contends that this model of empathy has elements in common with the type of empathy method actors employ. Discusses the agreements between Caring's empathy and dramatic empathy focusing on three skills method actors use and the three differences that possess moral implications. (CMK)