DRUG EDUCATION - A PROBLEM IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY, PART 2 A PROPOSAL

• NCJ Number: 18845
• Journal: Journal of Drug Education Volume: 4 Issue: 4 Dated: (WINTER 1974) Pages: 439-455
• Author(s): B J BETHELL; G D BELLWARD
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: Baywood Publishing Co, Inc.
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

OUTLINE OF EDUCATIONAL UNITS FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES 4-7, AIMED AT TEACHING RESPECT FOR LIVING ORGANISMS AND DEMONSTRATING THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES.

Abstract

NO SUCCESSFUL DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAM CAN IGNORE EITHER THE AFFECTIVE OR THE COGNITIVE DOMAINS. IN THIS PAPER, A MODEL FOR THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL IS SUGGESTED. IT INCLUDES A DEVELOPMENT OF RATIONAL THOUGHT PROCESSES THROUGH SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN CHEMICALS ON BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES. HOWEVER, THE MAIN EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AT THIS AGE LEVEL. ALTHOUGH SOPHISTICATED MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND VALUE CLARIFICATION SYSTEMS ARE AVAILABLE, THE SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT AROSE FROM THE COGNITIVE DOMAIN OF THE PRESENT PROPOSAL CAUSED THE AUTHORS TO UTILIZE MORE DEFINITIVE AFFECTIVE UNITS. EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE OF UNITS ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PAPER WITH A CORRELATION TO THE SPECIFIC MORAL LEVEL WITH WHICH EACH UNIT DEALS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)