Document Type
Issue Area Two
Abstract
In the not-so-distant past, the vast majority of Americans assumed that their values were commonly held by all, would be taught to all in the public (and private) schools, would be reinforced in homes and churches, and would be practiced by all "respectable" people. One's word was as good as one's character. Deals and agreements were sealed with handshakes. Authority - in homes, schools, churches, and communities - was recognized and respected.
All this began to deteriorate in the post-World War II years. By the 1970s, many voices argued, indeed virtually announced, that there were no longer any commonly held values. What was needed in one's formal education, it became proper to hold, was a process of values clarification in which each person determined the set of values by which her/his life was most comfortable or profitable or fulfilled, however that might impact others with whom they interfaced.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
2
First Page
72
Last Page
75
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1994 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Landon, Charles R. Jr.
(1994)
"Vital Values Build Viable Societies,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
2, Article 20.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss2/20
