NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Parenting Dimensions and Adolescents' Internalisation of Moral Values
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hardy, Sam A.; Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Carlo, Gustavo – Journal of Moral Education, 2008
This study examined relations between parenting dimensions (involvement, autonomy support and structure) and adolescents' moral values internalisation. A sample of 101 adolescents (71% female; 76% white; M age = 16.10, SD = 1.17) reported on the parenting behaviour of one of their parents and on their own moral values. Four forms of values…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Adolescents
African-American Parents' Racial and Ethnic Socialization and Adolescent Academic Grades: Teasing out the Role of Gender
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Brown, Tiffany L.; Linver, Miriam R.; Evans, Melanie; DeGennaro, Donna – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
This study examined the relationship of racial and ethnic socialization and academic achievement in a sample of 218 African American adolescents (grades 9-12; 52% girls) attending a public high school in the northeastern United States. Researchers were particularly interested in whether adolescent gender moderated the relationship between racial…
Descriptors: African Americans, Socialization, Grades (Scholastic), Academic Achievement
Inquiry into the Hidden Curriculum.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
King, Scott E. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1986
Discusses distinctions between the formal, overt curriculum and the hidden or implicit curriculum that inculcates values and expectations not openly acknowledged. Before 1900, schools stressed homogeneity, efficiency, and obedience to ensure students' smooth transition from childhood to life in an industrialized society. These values became hidden…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Hidden Curriculum
For Parents Particularly: Consumer Socialization--Children and Money.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cohen, Stewart; Xiao, Jing-jian – Childhood Education, 1992
Parents play a role in their children's consumer education by helping them distinguish between consumer necessities and digressionary consumption practices. Strategies for children's consumer education are outlined, and programs for money management are described. (LB)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Early Childhood Education, Models, Money Management
Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution in the Home.
Diener, Carolyn S. – 1985
Parents and teachers can help children learn qualities (such as empathy, caring, kindness, and generosity) that contribute to a more peaceful environment. Children can be helped to learn the values and techniques of resolving conflicts without injuring others. We should be concerned about teaching peacemaking in order to prevent crime, drug…
Descriptors: Altruism, Children, Conflict Resolution, Developmental Stages
Dr. Spock's the School Years: The Emotional and Social Development of Children.
Spock, Benjamin – 2001
Compiling essays authored by Benjamin Spock and published in popular magazines, this book explores current trends that have an impact on raising children. The chapters are: (1) "Teaching Values to Children," discussing important values to share, and the value of duties and responsibilities at an early age; (2) "Families," examining the changing…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Children, Discipline
Handbook of Parenting. Volume 5: Practical Issues in Parenting. Second Edition.
Bornstein, Marc H., Ed. – 2002
Concerned with practical aspects of meeting children's needs, this volume, the fifth of five on parenting, describes the nuts and bolts of parenting as well as the promotion of positive parenting practices. The volume consists of the following 19 chapters: (1) "The Ethics of Parenting" (Diana Baumrind and Ross A. Thompson; (2) "Parenting and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development