EJ441873 PS519138
Title: Sociomoral Development in Direct-Instruction, Eclectic, and
Constructivist Kindergartens: A Study of Children's Enacted Interpersonal
Understanding.Author(s): DeVries, Rheta; And Others
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v6 n4 p473-517 Dec 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1992
Results of
a study on the relationship between children's sociomoral development
and the sociomoral atmospheres of three types of kindergarten classrooms
suggest the possibility that heavily academic, teacher-centered
programs hinder children's development of interpersonal understanding
and their broader social-cognitive and moral development. (LB)
Descriptors: *Classroom Environment; Comparative Analysis; *Interpersonal
Communication; *Kindergarten; *Moral Development; Observation; Parent
Attitudes; Preschool Teachers; Primary Education; *Social Behavior;
Social Development; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher
Behavior; *Teacher Student Relationship
Identifiers: Constructivist Learning; Distar; Eclecticism; *Sociomoral
Development
