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ERIC Number: EJ558645
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-2269
Bayous and Jungle Rivers: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Children's Environmental Moral Reasoning.
Kahn, Peter H., Jr.
New Directions for Child Development, n76 p23-36 Sum 1997
Examines environmental moral reasoning and values in African American children and their parents in Houston and Brazilian children in a large city and in a river village along the Amazon. Finds similarities of moral concerns and obligations to the environment in all three communities, structured by concerns for human welfare, fairness, and rights. (KB)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Blacks, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Moral Development, Physical Environment, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Brazil; Texas (Houston)
Note: Theme issue: Culture as a Context for Moral Development: New Perspectives on the Particular and the Universal. For commentaries on this article, see PS 527 507 and PS 527 508.