Children are not simply molded by the environment; through constant inference and interpretation, they actively shape their own social world. This book is about that process. Elliot Turiel's work focuses on the development of moral judgement in children and adolescents and, more generally, on their evolving understanding of the conventions of social systems. His research suggests that social judgements are ordered, systematic, subtly discriminative, and related to behavior. His theory of the ways in which children generate social knowledge through their social experiences will be of interest...
Children are not simply molded by the environment; through constant inference and interpretation, they actively shape their own social world. This boo...
The Culture of Morality examines how explanations of social and moral development inform our understandings of morality and culture. A common theme in the latter part of the twentieth century has been to lament the moral state of American society and the decline of morality among youth. A sharp turn toward an extreme form of individualism and a lack of concern for community involvement and civic participation are often blamed for the moral crisis. Elliot Turiel challenges these views, drawing on a large body of research from developmental psychology, as well as from anthropology and...
The Culture of Morality examines how explanations of social and moral development inform our understandings of morality and culture. A common theme in...
A person's values affects profoundly what he/she attends to, thinks about and remembers. This text begins with an overview of what is known about the developmental role of valuation in the acquisition of knowledge and examines ideas of the connection between evaluation and thinking.
A person's values affects profoundly what he/she attends to, thinks about and remembers. This text begins with an overview of what is known about the ...
This text looks at culture, thought and development in terms of epistemology, developmental psychology, cognitive evolution, the personal and social, emotions, change, selfhood, individualism/collectivism, class, morality, the mind, spatial reference and semantic development.
This text looks at culture, thought and development in terms of epistemology, developmental psychology, cognitive evolution, the personal and social, ...
This volume considers previously separate bodies of research on social justice, social equality, and social development. Eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines discuss the latest research to help us understand the relation between social inequalities and social development. In so doing, the book documents the powerful ways that social inequalities frame development and explores the conflicts that arise in the context of these inequalities. It illustrates how people around the world make judgments about these conditions and how they resist or change the practices they deem unjust....
This volume considers previously separate bodies of research on social justice, social equality, and social development. Eminent scholars from a va...
The Culture of Morality examines how explanations of social and moral development inform our understandings of morality and culture. A common theme in the latter part of the twentieth century has been to lament the moral state of American society and the decline of morality among youth. A sharp turn toward an extreme form of individualism and a lack of concern for community involvement and civic participation are often blamed for the moral crisis. Elliot Turiel challenges these views, drawing on a large body of research from developmental psychology, as well as from anthropology and...
The Culture of Morality examines how explanations of social and moral development inform our understandings of morality and culture. A common theme in...
This volume considers previously separate bodies of research on social justice, social equality, and social development. Eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines discuss the latest research to help us understand the relation between social inequalities and social development. In so doing, the book documents the powerful ways that social inequalities frame development and explores the conflicts that arise in the context of these inequalities. It illustrates how people around the world make judgments about these conditions and how they resist or change the practices they deem unjust....
This volume considers previously separate bodies of research on social justice, social equality, and social development. Eminent scholars from a va...
