Schools as promoters of moral judgment: The essential role of teachers' encouragement of critical thinking

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-151

  Weinstock, Michael ^a   Assor, Avi ^a   Broide, Galia ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Autonomy support; Critical thinking; Democratic schools; Moral autonomy; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549101226     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-008-9068-9     Document Type: Article

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