Teachers' and children's personal epistemologies for moral education: Case studies in early years elementary education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 440-450

  Brownlee, Jo ^a   Syu, Jia Jia ^a   Mascadri, Julia ^a   Cobb Moore, Charlotte ^a   Walker, Sue ^a   Johansson, Eva ^b   Boulton Lewis, Gillian ^a   Ailwood, Jo ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluativistic beliefs; Moral pedagogy; Moral values; Personal epistemology; Subjectivist beliefs; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856419440     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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