2003
DOI: 10.1080/0300443022000022477
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Hong Kong Children's Concept of Distributive Justice

Abstract: Previous research on the development of children's concept of distributive justice has shed little light on the child's ability to consider the characteristics of the recipients when making judgement of fair sharing. Previous research has shown that preschool children generally apply principles of equality when making decisions for fair sharing of materials, regardless of the characteristics of the recipients. The idea of equality refers to equal sharing of each individual person. The aim of the present study … Show more

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“…Whereas the emphasis of harmony and relations in the Asian culture has contributed to the link between secure attachment and dependent behaviours between parent and children. The values of group harmony in the Asian cultures encourage children to conform to social norms, coordinate one's needs with the needs of others and dependency among family members (Chuang & Su, 2009;Suizzo et al, 2008;Wong & Nunes, 2003). These values might have encouraged Chinese children's sharing among peers in this study.…”
Section: Maintaining Harmony or Upholding Personal Right?mentioning
confidence: 83%
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“…Whereas the emphasis of harmony and relations in the Asian culture has contributed to the link between secure attachment and dependent behaviours between parent and children. The values of group harmony in the Asian cultures encourage children to conform to social norms, coordinate one's needs with the needs of others and dependency among family members (Chuang & Su, 2009;Suizzo et al, 2008;Wong & Nunes, 2003). These values might have encouraged Chinese children's sharing among peers in this study.…”
Section: Maintaining Harmony or Upholding Personal Right?mentioning
confidence: 83%
“…This result may be due to Western parents' emphasis on expression of personal desire and equality among family members . Research on Chinese children's sharing behaviour (Rao & Stewart, 1999) and concept of fair sharing (Wong & Nunes, 2003) is relatively scarce. Chinese children highly valued harmony and needs of the group when making judgement on fair sharing (Wong & Nunes, 2003).…”
Section: Cultural Aspects Of Individual Choice and Responsibility To mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In other words, the traditional instruction is based more on the egalitarian principle while the differentiated instruction more on the benevolent principle of distributions. Pnevmatikos, 2010;Rao & Stewart, 1999;Wong & Nunes, 2003) than a result of maturity (e.g. He describes a developmental progression from reliance on egalitarian to meritarian and then to benevolent principle.…”
Section: Differentiated Instruction Takes the Students' Needs Into Comentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Evidências empíricas corroboram o modelo teórico piagetiano de desenvolvimento da justiça distributiva (Sampaio, Camino, & Roazzi, 2007;Wong & Nunes, 2003). No entanto, alguns pesquisadores têm criticado a tese piagetiana sobre moralidade, principalmente por dois motivos: primeiro, porque esse autor teria subestimado a influência de aspectos afetivos sobre o comportamento moral (Hoffman, 2000;Sampaio, Camino, & Roazzi, 2009); em segundo lugar, porque estudos empíricos demonstram que as pessoas não se comportam de acordo com os princípios morais que elas mesmas defendem.…”
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