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ERIC Number: EJ561734
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Children's Moral and Ecological Reasoning about the Prince William Sound Oil Spill.
Kahn, Peter H., Jr.
Developmental Psychology, v33 n6 p1091-96 Nov 1997
Examined the moral and ecological reasoning of second, fifth, and eighth graders regarding the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Found that children understood negative effects of the spill, cared that harm occurred to shoreline and marine life, and thought it violated a moral obligation. Fifth and eighth graders used a greater proportion of anthropocentric and biocentric reasoning than second graders. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Moral Development, Moral Issues, Moral Values, Thinking Skills, Value Judgment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ecological Perspective; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill; Moral Reasoning