The Development of Social Knowledge: Morality and Convention (Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development) - Softcover

Turiel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521273056 ISBN 13: 9780521273053

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Elliot Turiel's work focuses on the development of moral judgement in children and adolescents.

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Book Description

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. This study will be of interest to a wide range of researchers and students in child development and education.

Synopsis

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 judgment 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 to a wide range of researchers and students in child development and education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521273056
• ISBN 13: 9780521273053
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252