ERIC Number: EJ685574
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-May
Pages: 17
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 51
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Children's Thinking About Diversity of Belief in the Early School Years: Judgments of Relativism, Tolerance, and Disagreeing Persons
Wainryb, Cecilia; Shaw, Leigh A.; Langley, Marcie; Cottam, Kim; Lewis, Renee
Child Development, v75 n3 p687-703 May 2004
Children's thinking about diversity of belief in 4 realms morality, taste, facts, and ambiguous facts was examined. Ninety-six participants (ages 5, 7, and 9) were interviewed about beliefs different from their own that were endorsed by characters with different status; their judgments of relativism, tolerance, and disagreeing persons were assessed. Five-year-olds made fewer relative and tolerant judgments than 7- and 9-year-olds. Nevertheless, participants of all ages organized their judgments according to the realm of diversity, thought that some beliefs are relative and some are nonrelative, and made tolerant judgments of some divergent beliefs (and their proponents) but not of others. The findings suggest that, in the early school years, children have multiple and well-differentiated perspectives on belief diversity.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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