Of the two processes involved in initiating a values awareness lesson (structuring and focus setting), focus setting is described as the one involving more planning and deliberation. Three criteria useful in selecting a focus-setting question are: (l) Is the topic within the knowledge of the students? (2) Is the question relevant to the students?…

The transcript of a values awareness lesson in communicable diseases is presented to illustrate the two stages of a typical values class--introducing the lesson and implementing the lesson. In this case, an overhead slide-transparency is used (along with prefacing remarks) to lead the class into considering those whom a gonorrhea-infected youth…

The author introduces the concept of "inferring value teacher behavior." This behavior is essentially a value statement formulated by the teacher about a student's value. It contains the three characteristics of value statements (states the characteristics, identifies it as a value, identifies a value referent) but, in addition, the…

The term "teaching behaviors" is defined; categories of behaviors are identified; and, within these categories, taxonomies of teaching behaviors useful in facilitating the goals of values awareness instruction are examined. A teaching behavior is defined as a word, set of words, or some nonverbal actions used by the teacher to have some specified…