Florence Davidson, Miriam Davidson

Changing Childhood Prejudice

The Caring Work of the Schools

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents evidence that childhood prejudice is not only different from the adult kind, but also changes in a pattern inverse to that of moral judgement. Changing Childhood Prejudice describes longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of city and suburban children in grade, middle, and high school. Davidson used interviews to supplement observations made during playing her board game, then compared scores on the prejudice that emerged with scores on Kohlberg's Measure of Moral Development. Considering childhood prejudice as a detour in the possible strong development of caring, character and moral judgement implies a school context smaller, warmer, and more encompassing than one relying only on mainstreaming and multiculturalism. The fact that nearly 40% of the nation's public school children will be from minority backgrounds within a few years requires new goals, including influencing parents. The authors call for school-by-school mission statements drawing parents into cooperative development of anti-prejudice and character curricula, supplementing the leadership of faculty members and some adolescents. New roles for the mental health community are also described. Examining the research of others and their own case studies from cognitive, clinical, and social perspectives, the Davidsons conclude that ways of opposing prejudice and insisting on caring can be adapted to children's changing moral assumptions at each level of schooling. Children's might-makes-right and favor-trading assumptions in grade school change through identification with a conforming goodness. Conformity can be gradually replaced by independence in ideals, particularly when secondary students ponder their own community service. Coauthored by a clinician and a professional writer, the book tells how to achieve more caring in public schools and more cooperative discipline at home.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780897893954
• ISBN-10: 0897893956
• Artikelnr.: 25594740

Autorenporträt

Florence Davidson, Miriam Davidson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Cognitive Roots of Prejudice Ella
Jan
and Meg: Emotional and Social Blocks to Moral Growth The Emotional and Social Roots of Prejudice Sal
Beth
and Roy: Prejudice Reduced by Moral Growth Prejudice Tied to Moral Judgment: A Study Leah and Pat: Serious Problems Prevent Stage Change Power and Favor-Trading (Stages One and Two) Jo and Tom: Children Without Prejudice Goodness
Niceness
and Higher Ideals (Stages Three
Four
Five
and Six) Structure
Security
and Discipline: The Lincoln-Bassett Community School Creating Character In Early School Years Small Groups and an Advisory System: Shoreham-Wading River Middle School Making Choices In Middle School Emphasizing Community Service :Central Park East Secondary School Fostering Ideals in High School The Case Study Children in High School Conclusion Footnotes Bibliography