Adolescents are taught, through the students' confrontation with the meaning of the Holocaust, specific values that will prepare them for their initiation into a democratic society. The content and methodology of this program are delineated, and the relationship between the program's pedagogical strategy and realization of its goal is discussed.…

This article picks up the debate on the requirements of materials criticism and provides an extensive critique of the Philosophy for Children program, contributing both a description of the program material and a basis for further discussion and exchange on the issue of materials criticism. (Author/MLF)

This article describes the rationale and procedures of a clinical component in a teacher preservice program at the University of Chicago. (MLF)

Two methods and examples of how novels that deal with educational issues can assist teachers in understanding educational problems. (Author/MLF)