The Development of Values in Middle Childhood

Описание: This seminar was presented by Dr Ella Daniel, Senior Lecturer at the Department of School Counseling and Special Education, Tel Aviv University.

ABSTRACT
Ample research establishes the role of personal values as an important aspect of one’s identity, and as motivators of social behaviour. However, previous theoretical work assumed that such values can only be identified in adolescence, as youth explore their identity and find their independent aspirations. I will present recent research suggesting that values can be identified in middle childhood. I will show trajectories of value change during the elementary school years, and the associations between values and prosocial behaviour over time. We will discuss what children's values are, and how they develop.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr Ella Daniel is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of School Counseling and Special Education, Tel Aviv University. Dr Daniel’s interest focuses on the development of values and social behaviour across the life span, and especially between middle childhood and adolescence. She examines personal and social determinants of moral development, including cognitive, socio-cognitive, family and social media antecedents. Her research is funded by the Israeli Science Foundation and the European Research Council.