Repercussões das vivências escolares no desenvolvimento moral da criança

Abstract

This study sought to comprehend how the School performes its role in preparing moral indivuduals, by investigating the day-to-day life of a school. The theoretical background was Piaget's theory of moral development and tests were used to evaluate the level of moral judgment amongst the students. The test situations were based on two categories of authority: parental (father or mother) and school (teacher). An evaluation of result revealed no significant diferences between the answers made in the two categories. Nevertheless, it was found that children manifest agreater degree of emotional tension when referring to parental authorify. It was noted that factors such as economic status, religious beliefs and experience of authority outside the family and school context permeate the construction of moral judgments in children.