Schools and Moral Development: Interpersonal Relations, Behavior, and Organizational Change.

Wilson, Thomas C.

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Publication Date: 1981-Sep

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Schools and Moral Development: Interpersonal Relations, Behavior, and Organizational Change.

Wilson, Thomas C.

Group and Organization Studies, v6 n3 p323-33 Sep 1981

Presents moral development as consisting of reasoning and action. Analyzes it from the perspective of small-group processes and behaviors. Discusses the bureaucratic and authoritarian nature of the school system and suggests it mitigates against moral behavior and reasoning. Concludes that schools should promote moral education toward action. (Author/RC)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Discussion Groups, Educational Change, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, Moral Development, Organizational Change, Perspective Taking, School Responsibility, School Role, Secondary Education, State of the Art Reviews

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Language: English

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