2018/02/12 by Σμαράγδα Παπαδοπούλου, Papadopoulou, Smaragda
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Digital Storytelling and Education #Education and Critical Thinking Development #Values and Moral Education #children #creative storytelling #ethics #oral language #phenomenology #teaching
paper · doi:10.26248/eleutherna.v3i0.145
openalex publication_date 2018/02/12 · openalex created_date 2020/06/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
This paper examines ethical concepts in verbal expression of children through na"ative. The subject group of 82 participants (39 girls and 43 boys), were asked to tell their own story about the 'sun' as a story character. They were all 7-9 years old children from Greece interviewed in school settings and the assembled material was a product of individual interviews in transcribed na"ation. The method used for the analysis of our data was the Empirical Psychological Phenomenological method. The results consisted of thirteen qualitative different categories of ethical meaning, which were decided by judges providing an image-analysis of the ethical traits and deeds of the heroes involved in children's stories. Implications for the influence of the educational practice of storytelling on the development of children's moral criteria as reflected in their oral language are discussed.