AN ANALYSIS OF STUDIES LINKING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND MORALITY PIAGETIAN CONSTRUTIVIST PERSPECTIVE

This paper is a theoretical essay that examines educational contributions of children's literature and studies on morality in Piagetian constructivist perspective. The aim was to identify and discuss what possible relationships established in the work surveyed, between children's literature and moral development. Were analyzed four papers that address the theme, selected from the titles, the theoretical line and key-words. We used a qualitative data analysis. In each selected article, we proceeded to discuss the theoretical approach, the description of the methodological procedures and proposed educational interventions (when present). This research aimed to contribute to discuss the importance of using children's literature texts for the development of morality and the lack of papers on the line of research.