Rules right and wrong and young children
For children, the process of sorting social situations involves negotiations between the adults and other children. The role of early childhood teachers and carers is to support each child in a way that fosters their understanding of self, and of others.
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Establishing a constructivist socio-moral atmosphere
A moral early childhood environment begins with the constructivist early childhood teacher's respect for children, their interests, feelings, values, and ideas. This respect is expressed in the classroom's organisation, activities, and teacher-child interactions.
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Charlie and the chocolate factory: Moral issues and conventions
The exercises outlined focus on moral domain issues of equity, selfishness and responding to "bad" people. Books young children read such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, can be used as tools to support discussion of socio-moral issues.
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Using young children's books to learn about sharing
Discussions of sharing are very rich as sources of moral growth for young children. The example is from grade 3 but can be modified for younger children and provides a model for using books to support young children's socio-moral development.
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