Children's Moral Lives: An Ethnographic and Psychological Approach

Children’s Moral Lives makes use of case studies, observation, interviews and questionnaires to offer a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of children’s school lives and the complex moral issues and disputes they routinely negotiate

• The first ethnography of childhood to focus on children’s morality in the peer group
• Case studies shed light on the psychological, social and cultural processes by which children and adults reach starkly different moral judgments of the same situations
• Combines qualitative insights and quantitative data into recommendations for practice

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–24):
Chapter 2 What Counts as Harm? (pages 25–46):
Chapter 3 Physical Aggression (pages 47–74):
Chapter 4 ‘Whose Game Is It?’ (pages 75–111):
Chapter 5 Loyalty in Girls' Friendships (pages 112–143):
Chapter 6 Racism (pages 144–165):
Chapter 7 Guilty or Not Guilty (pages 166–207):
Chapter 8 Children's Moral Lives in Cultural Context (pages 208–224):