Hong Kong children's concept of distributive justice

Hong Kong children's concept of distributive justice

• Wong, Mun M. A. School of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Nunes, Terezinha Psychology Dept., Oxford Brookes University

Early Child Development and Care, 173(1), 119-129, 2003

Routledge

2003

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AB Cognitive & Language Development, Perceptual & Intellectual Development
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AG Child Development & Health

Age Differences Children Cognitive Development Context Effect Foreign Countries Justice Moral Development Resource Allocation Sharing Behavior Distributive Justice Friendliness Hong Kong Justification (Psychology) Politeness

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education

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 was to investigate whether preschool children would share toys equally across situations or on the basis of the characteristics of the recipients. The study also observed whether each member in a group would be counted as one unit for allocation across situations. A crucial piece of evidence for understanding children's concept of distributive justice is demonstrated by children's ability to view situations differently based on the characteristics of the recipients. These findings serve as a starting point to support the hypothesis that preschool children do take contextual information into account when making distributive justice decisions.
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Special Issue on: "Early Childhood Education in Hong Kong."

• English

Journal Articles

• 03004430

• 10.1080/0300443022000022477

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2010-11-24