This paper explores the complexities behind the educational decisions of Tibetan parents on sending their children to the interior cities for dislocated secondary education. Drawing on qualitative data through multiple methods, we find that their educational decisions are driven both by a rational calculation of the benefits and costs and by a…

High school principals confront ethical dilemmas daily. This report describes a study that examined how MetLife/NASSP secondary principals of the year made ethical decisions conforming to three dispositions from Standard 5 of the ISLLC standards and whether they could identify processes used to reach those decisions through Rest's Four Component…

The paper examines current thoughts on leadership (specifically the works of James MacGregor Burns) and presents a simulation exercise developed as a practical application of Burns' model which can be used in secondary social studies classes for gifted students. Concepts of leadership and its development are addressed, as is the relationship of…

Reports a study of a connectedness' versus separateness' orientation in adolescents' reasoning about friendship, loyalty, and understanding of political and social order. Conflict resolution for students having a connectedness orientation focused on negotiation; in separateness orientation, the focus was on codes of conduct. Adolescent males…

Argues that the "just community" approach is the best available values education program for meeting the primary goal of feminism, in the elimination of injustices due to sexism. Suggests that educational policies and practices be examined to expose the social and value structures of schools. Describes the social and values structures of…

Identifies epistemological perspectives in girls' thinking that links ideas of self, knowing, and morality. Presents a model of "learner's interests and goals" and "approaches to knowing" as they relate to these conceptions of self and morality. Discusses implications for teaching. (Author/DH)

Many medical issues today require ethical as well as strictly medical decisions. Described is the need for the inclusion of medical ethics in the schools, beginning with science ethics in the secondary level and continuing through medical school. (MA)

This book identifies a method of moral thinking and moral decision making that is compatible with the methods of rigorous disciplinary scholarship. It demonstrates how a comprehensive program of values education may integrate effectively major components of learning in a manner that serves the purposes of human development. The book contributes to…

Discusses the value of simulation games in moral education in four categories: fun and games; games as simulations of real life; games as motivators; and morality and game theory. Also examines the gaming aspects of morality, as well as the physical, psychological, precedent-setting, and internal consequences of an action. (Author/JK)

Describes some practical ways for examining the process of making ethical decisions for the purpose of encouraging biology teachers to actively engage themselves and their students in the search for a new ethical structure. (HM)

This story, one of three in The Sexuality Decision-Making Series for Teens, contains several different possible plot lines depending on the decisions the reader makes for the characters at varous "choice points." The study focuses on the theme of birth control: when Christy and David decide to have sex, they have to face the…

This story, one of three in The Sexuality Decision-Making Series for Teens, contains several different possible plot lines depending on the decisions the reader makes for the characters at various "choice points." The story focuses on the theme of abstinence: Serena and James are in love and need to face the realities of their sexual…

Research examining students' moral attitudes toward Watergate is described. Three hundred and seventy-eight junior high and high school students from both metropolitan public and private schools in a mid-Southern state participated in the survey. Students judged the degree of rightness and wrongness of six motivations for the break-in. The results…

This text is intended as an aid to Catholic school teachers in the study of legal and ethical issues. In four chapters it attempts to do the following: (1) present basic information about ethics and the law; (2) offer 10 dilemmas in the form of brief case studies taken from school life; (3) provide a basis for discussion of the issues posed by the…

This story, one of three in The Sexuality Decision-Making Series for Teens, contains several different possible plot lines depending on the decisions the reader makes for the characters at various "choice points." The study focuses on the theme of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs): Tracy and Tom have been in love for a year, and they…