Children’s Moral Lives: An Ethnographic and Psychological Approach

Based on over two years of observation, interviews, and questionnaires at a large, multicultural primary school, Children’s Moral Lives offers a rich, nuanced account of moral events in children’s lives. Children’s Moral Lives is based around three issues critical to moral development theory: why children differ in their interpretation of situations; how such differences lead to varying moral judgments; and the role of social interaction and culture in moral development. A distinctive blending of ethnographic approaches with psychological study, this text presents a unique view and interpretation of what really goes on in school.