Most students (63 percent) think values and principles of right and wrong should be taught in the classroom. Those least likely to support this notion are students who earn C averages or worse, according to a survey conducted for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc. The report, Students Voice Their Opinions… Read more »
Teaching Values: How 7,700 of you feel about ethic Top Ten Values 1. Basic idea of right and wrong 98% 2. The importance of education 92% 3. Standards concerning sexual behavior 83% 4. Respect for people of different races, ages,values 82% 5. The importance of Marriage and family 77% 6. The Value of friendship. 77%… Read more »
Culture: Americans’ fixation with sex and sleaze puts flaws on a pedestal above achievement. Shortly after her husband’s assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy wrote: “For Jack history was full of heroes…. Jack had this hero idea of history.” How quaint she seems, how naive and sentimental. Now Jack frolics in the White House pool with call girls… Read more »
For all the debate about the Golden State Warriors’ decision to fire Latrell Sprewell for assaulting his coach, let us remember there was a time when even celebrity athletes were held accountable for their misdeeds. We forget because of the recent coddling of multi million dollar sports celebrities and the indulgence of their spoiled-brat tantrums…. Read more »
Chip Wood, co-creator of the Responsive Class-room gave the June 25, 1996 keynote at the Center’s Second Annual Summer Institute in Character Education at SUNY Cortland. In his concluding remarks, he outlined seven promises he believes we must make to our children schools, and each other if we are to move our beliefs about character… Read more »
The two papers were identical. There was no question about it. Word for word, paragraph by paragraph, the assignment turned in by the two young men was the same. `My first thought was that they had collaborated on the assignment,” said Christopher Morray- Jones, who taught the introductory religion class at the University of California… Read more »
1. Preview the Values in Action! guide and the numerous school activities. Keep in mind that these strategies and solutions were developed over a 20 year period, to be used for a 7 year ethics/character program. Focus on 1 value per year 2. Begin your program with a strong foundation of Responsibility, since responsibility is… Read more »
1. Identify the problem. 1.1. Be alert; be sensitive to morally charged situations. Look behind the technical requirements of your job to see the moral dimensions. Use your ethical resources to determine relevant moral standards . Useyour moral intuition. 1.2. Gather information and don’t jump to conclusions. While accuracy is important, there can be a… Read more »
As pupils get older, acceptance of graffiti grows. It’s a state of mind in the public schools. What’s verboten in 5th grade is cool a year or so later. So says a survey of 5,000 pupils. You’re in fifth grade, graffiti’s a crime. You hit sixth or seventh grade, it becomes art. That’s the most… Read more »
Putting Your Reactions To Rest There are hundreds of decisions made by the teacher every school day. Allthese decisions have an impact on those in the classroom. Restraint is important in making good teaching decisions. Teachers can improve their decisions in the classroom by increasing their restraint of their own anger to students’ negative reactions…. Read more »
