Date of Award
2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Education
Abstract
Our current approaches to moral development were generalized from the experiences of white males and females. This study draws upon existing theory in order to consider its relevance to Black girls' everyday lives. The study draws upon the moral reasoning gathered from ethnographic dilemma interviews with 8-11 year old girls and their mothers to develop a grounded theory of moral development. The contents of the resulting theory suggest that, while there are aspects of existing moral development theory that appear to be consistent across contexts, the particularity of Black community and middle childhood culminate in a theory of moral development that revises concepts of autonomy, cooperation and adult constraint.
Recommended Citation
Bibbs, Tonya, "Speaking of Right and Wrong: Black Girls and Moral Development" (2014). Dissertations. 887.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/887
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Copyright © 2014 Tonya Bibbs
