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The Role of School-Based Health Education in Adolescent Spiritual Moral, Social and Cultural Development
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Chester, Kayleigh L.; Klemera, Ellen; Magnusson, Josefine; Spencer, Neil H.; Brooks, Fiona M. – Health Education Journal, 2019
Background: The broad nature of young people's development is internationally acknowledged, which includes physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social elements. In England, schools have a legal obligation to promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development. It has been suggested that personal, social, health and economic (PSHE)…
Descriptors: Social Development, Moral Development, Correlation, Spiritual Development
Children's Strategies for Self-Correcting Their Social and Moral Transgressions and Perceived Personal Shortcomings: Implications for Moral Agency
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Midgette, Allegra – Journal of Moral Education, 2018
Previous research has found that when children engage in social and moral transgressions, they take steps to either remedy or explain their behavior. However, no prior systematic investigation has examined the strategies children employ to 'correct' their behavior in future situations. The present study employed a domain theory lens to investigate…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Child Development, Moral Values, Social Development
Moral Reasoning in Violent Contexts: Displaced and Non-Displaced Colombian Children's Evaluations of Moral Transgressions, Retaliation, and Reconciliation
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Ardila-Rey, Alicia; Killen, Melanie; Brenick, Alaina – Social Development, 2009
In order to assess the effects of displacement and exposure to violence on children's moral reasoning, Colombian children exposed to minimal violence (non-displaced or low risk; N = 99) and to extreme violence (displaced or high risk; N = 94), evenly divided by gender at 6, 9, and 12 years of age, were interviewed regarding their evaluation of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Social Development, Moral Development, Moral Values
Rethinking Character Education: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Camp and Kids.
Kohn, Alfie – Camping Magazine, 2003
Some character education programs are based on assumptions about children and how they learn that may undermine camp programs' long-term objectives for children. Key elements to consider are the assumptions made about human nature and children; how program structures like competition or cooperation influence character; whether kids are involved in…
Descriptors: Camping, Character Education, Child Behavior, Moral Development
The Relation among Moral Behavior, Peer-Directed Internal State Language, and Perspective-Taking Ability for Preschoolers in Mixed-Age Settings.
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Derscheid, Linda E. – 1995
Prior research concerning young children's moral development has been conducted primarily in same-age environments. This study investigated whether preschool children's moral (helping) behaviors are related to younger peer-directed internal state language (talking about younger peer's feelings, wants, and abilities), perspective-taking skills, and…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Day Care Centers, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Development and Piloting of the Prosocial Attitude Blank.
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Wasson, 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