Legal Implications of Values Education.

Autor/inn/en	Shaw, Brian C.; Cummings, Daniel L.
Titel	Legal Implications of Values Education.
Quelle	(1990), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Boards of Education; Citizenship Education; Constitutional Law; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Elementary Secondary Education; Moral Issues; Public Schools; School District Autonomy; Values; Values Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausschuss; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Staatsrecht; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Moraltheorie; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Wertbegriff; Werterziehung
Abstract	Americans traditionally have looked to the public schools to play a role in transmitting society's values to students, and on various occasions the U.S. Supreme Court has emphasized the role of the nation's schools in inculcating basic values. For many years Maine has had a statute mandating the teaching of virtue and morality and another that mandates teaching about the nation's flag. The task of identifying what values are to be taught and their role in the curriculum, however, is entrusted for the most part to local school boards. Despite the broad discretion given to local boards in determining curriculum and managing the schools, some specific legal constraints apply to the teaching of values. This paper is a survey of some of the major legal issues implicated in efforts to teach or instill values in the public schools. The major doctrinal areas of legal constraints on values instruction discussed in the paper are: (1) religion; (2) political orthodoxy; (3) teacher versus personal affirmation; (4) parental rights; and (5) teachers' academic freedom. A legal case in Maine (Solmitz v. M.S.A.D. No. 59) involving an effort to inculcate values in the schools is presented as a case study. (DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC