The current generation of young children and their moral world

(methods of qualitative research)

Dana Hanesová, Bronislava Kasáčová

Hanesová Dana 1961- (70%) UMBPF10 - Katedra teológie a katechetiky

Kasáčová Bronislava 1959- (30%) UMBPF07 - Katedra elementárnej a predškolskej pedagogiky

ICERI 2015 : 8th international conference of education, research and innovation, November 16th-20th, 2015 Seville, Spain : conference proceedings. Pp. 1942-1951. - Madrid : International Assotiation of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2015 ; ICERI 2015 medzinárodná konferencia

morálka - morality

 

etika - ethics

 

English

Spain

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The author shares the outcomes from the first stage of the Slovak project 'Children At The Threshold Of Education And Their World' (VEGA 1/0598/15). It presents an overview of the research studies that have been accomplished in the area of the moral life of children so far. It focuses on the youngest generation of children, specifically on children at the age of starting their compulsory education. The study starts by describing the group of research methods that have been used in investigating younger children and that can be considered to be potential tools in our research. What follows are a number of examples of contemporary research presented to contribute to understanding the main features of the current generation of children (GenZ) and especially some of their moral features. The article closes with some final suggestions.