The value and function of reading in modern culture are examined. (JMF)

Outlines activities for teaching social justice concepts in a Catholic school context. (SJL)

A critique of existing conceptions of citizenship education is presented. The major conceptual areas that must be clarified are discussed in order to provide the foundation for a reconstructed theory of citizenship education. (Author/MLF)

Two pairs of conflicting and interrelated values (the public good and the private good; freedom and equality) can be made compatible through education. (JD)

Some theorists are rejecting the traditional model of curriculum and raising questions about the relationship between schools and society. (Author/MLF)

Ethical behavior in business must be rooted in the larger value system of society as a whole. (Editor)

Argues against the effectiveness of the family viewing plan described in an earlier issue of the "Bulletin," and offers recommendations urging the Federal Communications Commission to assume more of a social responsibility in regulating television. (IRT)

Analyzes the relationship between literacy and cultural identity in a multicultural society and argues that cultures differ in what they view as literate behavior, influencing how individuals acquire and engage in literacy. Asserts that the type and content of literacy education received influences cultural identity. (Author/SK)

Valuation shows promise as a disciplinary core of social science evaluation research. Previous attempts by those involved in social science to define evaluation by method and/or process have failed. It is argued that the fallacies of the dichotomizing fact and value confusing ethical neutrality with objectivity must be avoided. (TJH)

Surveyed a national sample (n=3135) of adults to examine the structure of agrarianism among the U.S. public and its relationship to U.S. values. Identified four tenets of agrarianism: family farm; agrarian fundamentalism; yeomanship (economic independence); and farm lifestyle. Each of the first three dimensions expressed a different social ethic…

Traces the growth of biological thought as seen in children's books about the wolf from the early and late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discusses social values and books on wolves. (PRA)

Examines Plato's Dialogues by reading them through two cultural lenses: the role of eros in classical Greece and its analogous relationship to language and rhetoric; and the educational function of eros within the ancient institution of pederasty. Shows how the cultural values of ancient Greece manifested themselves in Plato's erotic educational…

Argues that the process of education, including adult education, involves the adoption and possibly the transmission of values. Applies concepts of socialization theory and curriculum theory to adult education, focusing on the work of Brim, Berger and Luckmann, and Bourdieu. Discusses the relationship between adult education and social change.…

It is time to make pharmaceutical education more humanistic. There are established techniques, syllabi, and courses for imparting human values to learners. One or two faculty members integrating human values into courses can make a significant impact on students, even if the goal is simply to create awareness or increase sensitivity. (MSE)

Considers role of research in helping counselors examine their assumptions regarding the complex issue of abortion. Concludes issues that are not resolved in open social forums are likely to be the issues for which clients seek resolution behind counselor's open door. (Author/ABL)