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Lovecky, Deidre V. – Roeper Review, 1997
Discusses the development of moral sensitivity in gifted children and its impact on identity formation and development of the self. Also addresses how the phenomenon of asynchrony manifests in moral development of gifted children and the models they develop to give form to their moral concerns. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Children, Developmental Stages, Ethics, Gifted
Sullivan, Edmund V.; And Others – Child Develop, 1970
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Grade 11, Grade 6
Dras, Stephen R.; And Others – 1983
The relation of moral reasoning to moral behavior has been the subject of a substantial number of empirical studies; it may be more productive to employ a configuration of characteristics to predict moral behavior. To investigate the relation of moral reasoning and personality variables to moral behavior, 74 undergraduates, 30 males and 44…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education

Lyons, Nona Plessner – Harvard Educational Review, 1983
The author offers interview data from female and male children, adolescents, and adults in support of the notion of having two distinct modes of describing the self in relation to others--separate/objective and connected--as well as two kinds of considerations used by individuals in making moral decisions--justice and care. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Generation Gap, Human Relations, Interpersonal Relationship
Bennett, William J. – Curriculum Review, 1988
Discusses the form and content of sex education courses in the classroom. Topics covered include contraception, decision making, morality, values, character formation, self-image, the role of teachers, and the role of parents. (LRW)
Descriptors: Contraception, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Yun, Hyun Sub – 1994
A Kantian model of moral development already tested on adolescents was further tested on normal and delinquent Korean adults. The model, based on the philosophy of Kant, starts its causality from the self, moves from the self to parental images, advances from parental images to duty and legality, and moves from duty and legality to a moral…
Descriptors: Adults, Causal Models, College Students, Constructivism (Learning)
Crosser, Sandra – Early Childhood News, 1997
Argues that, of the authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative styles of interaction with children, the latter nurtures the emergence of positive character traits in young children. Suggests listening, setting high and reasonable standards, explaining why, negotiating reasonable solutions, offering choices, and valuing ideas and opinions as…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Ethics
Weston, Denise Chapman; Weston, Mark S. – 1996
Noting that we are raising our children in a morally ambiguous world and we have to do more than just discipline them and hope for the best, this book is a manual for raising children who are emotionally and intellectually capable and confident, by means of play activities that imbue a sense of right and wrong. Each chapter of the manual begins…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Codes of Ethics, Consciousness Raising