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Peer reviewedAdams, Leah D.; Ebbeck, Marjory – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1997
Describes issues surrounding development of tolerance in young children, including relationship of moral development with cognitive development. Recognizes importance of family and other adult models, and argues that teaching about tolerance should be embedded in an inclusive approach to curriculum, with children given opportunities to make…
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Ethical Instruction
Peer reviewedBatchelder, Thomas H.; Root, Susan – Journal of Adolescence, 1994
Investigated effects of characteristics of service-learning experiences on development of undergraduates. Participants (n=48) in service-learning courses and control students (n=48) wrote pre- and postresponses to social problems. Service-learning students made significant gains on certain cognitive dimensions and had significant increases in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education
Direct linkGibbs, John C. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2003
To enhance the ability of youth to help peers and themselves, the author proposes specific training in mature social decision-making to help youth overcome immature moral development and egocentric thinking. The EQUIP program emphasizes the positive moral potential of anti-social adolescents, as well as the limitations of antisocial youth:…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Value Judgment, Moral Development, Moral Values
Peer reviewedHonig, Alice Sterling – Young Children, 1982
Reviews theory and research on various aspects of prosocial development, discusses curricula designed to increase the ability of young children to behave in prosocial ways, and lists six factors that can be used to facilitate children's prosocial development. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Download full textWasson, Rebecca; And Others – 1994
The Prosocial Attitude Blank (PAB) was designed to assess interpersonal values and ethical awareness of elementary school children. PAB was administered to 405 elementary students as one component of the evaluation of an intervention program designed to reduce interpersonal conflicts, increase literacy skills, and enhance children's ethical…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style
Weizmann, Rama, Ed.; And Others – 1978
This book is the first volume of a collection of papers from the Seventh Interdisciplinary Conference on Piagetian theory and its implications for the helping professions social work and psychological services. More than 40 papers are included. Areas explored in the papers include development of prosocial behavior in children; the effect of…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Fitzell, Susan Gingras – 1997
Noting that teaching conflict education is not something that can be done in a set of isolated lessons in a curriculum program, this book discusses a comprehensive, developmentally appropriate approach to conflict education. The book is organized into two parts. The first part explains the basic underlying philosophy proposed in the book, and the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
