The Moral Judgment of the Child

by Jean Piaget

Book Overview

This classic study examines a problem that stands at the heart of society: How does a child distinguish between right and wrong? Professor Piaget and his colleagues begin their investigation by analyzing the rules of the game - in this case a seemingly simple game of marbles - as handed down from one group of children to another. They observe the child's total acceptance of the consensus rules and describe the moral pressure of the group on the individual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029252407
• ISBN13: 9780029252406
• Release Date: February 1965
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.3"

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Reviewing: The Moral Judgement of the Child

As a professional educator, it's always great to review and reread the works of the great theorists such as Piaget. I consider him to be the father of educational psychology as well as a a great cognitive theorist.