Hong kong children's concept of distributive justice

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-129

  Wong, Mun M A ^a   Nunes, Terezinha ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Justice; Moral development; Preschool children; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949189325     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443022000022477     Document Type: Article

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