Introduction It is widely accepted that educating and training students in moral competence is not just useful but obligatory in classroom practice. The fact that numerous moral topics and situations are constantly encountered in life gives rise to an essential need for educators to facilitate opportunities for moral learning and development. (Ludecke-Plumer‚ 2007) This can be accomplished by educating students on the different facets of life including ideals of justice and social expectation. (Henry
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JDEVELOPMENT Development is based on the changes in our thoughts‚ feelings and our behaviour. If the change is lasting or relatively permanent‚ it is considered to be a developmental change. The environment can also influence our behaviour‚ feelings or thoughts‚ and change our development. Genetics can also be a factor in development. Moral development involves the gradual development of an individual’s concept of right and wrong. It includes the development of conscience religious values‚ social
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persons.” Studying moral development has been conducted for several years. This study within the past decade has been very popular. The psychology field has been more interested with this type of development because of school violence‚ such as shootings‚ and juveniles becoming more involved with drug use. The primary theorist in the study of moral development is Lawrence Kohlberg and psychologists rely on his work. Lawrence Kohlberg (1958) developed a theory of moral development using Piaget’s (1932)
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intellectual‚ social and moral development of infants at birth and as they grow into adults are through the developmental theories. Some of the developmental theories are sexual development‚ social development and moral development. Both Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg view similarities as well as differences between the theories they each believe in regards to the development of a child social and moral development. Jean Piaget put forth the theory of cognitive development wherein he established
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Kohlberg’s Moral Development Lawrence Kohlberg was born in Bronxville‚ New York on October 25‚ 1927. He was born into a wealthy family and enjoyed all of the luxuries that the rich lifestyle had to offer including the finest college prep schools. However‚ Kohlberg was not too concerned with this lifestyle. Instead he became a sailor with the merchant marines. During World War II‚ Kohlberg played an instrumental role in smuggling Jews through a British blockade in Palestine. It was during
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In his Stages of Moral Development‚ Lawrence Kohlberg states that human beings progress from a Preconventional Level of moral development (in which they refer to rules imposed by others) to a Postconventional Level of moral development (in which they refer to rules imposed from within themselves). Just as Kohlberg states‚ adolescents undergo moral growth in stages. They may be easily influenced by peers or by environmental cues‚ but most teens grow to assert impressive measures of responsibility
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The final stage of development is moral development. Moral development is how we make decisions based on what we know as right or wrong from the values we acquire from our families‚ friends‚ and experiences. As children develop they learn to achieve their needs and goals. Students want to do the right thing but can be concerned what their peers will think of their actions and decisions (Ormrod‚ 2012‚ p. 260). Karen shows this concern when worrying about what her classmates think about her while studying
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Lawrence Kohlberg Lawrence Kohlberg was born in New York on October 25‚ 1927. Kohlberg went to the prestigious Phillips Academy in Massachusetts before enlisting in the Merchant Marines during World War II. When he left the military‚ Kohlberg enrolled in the University of Chicago and a few years later‚ he received his Ph.D. in psychology. He spent several years at Yale as a teacher before returning to the University of Chicago to accept a position on staff. In 1967‚ Kohlberg left Chicago to go to
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Plagiarism and Moral Development Moral Development is a theory defined by Lawrence Kohlberg in our text. “Kohlberg contends that people pass through a series of stages as their sense of justice evolves and in the kind of reasoning they use to make moral judgments.” (Feldman‚ pg. 320) These stages are sequenced into levels: “Level 1- Preconventional morality- at this level‚ the concrete interests of the individual are considered in terms of rewards and punishments. Level 2-Conventional morality-
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The purpose of life development is to allow the world to cultivate with divergent personalities as it continues to grow. Different personalities allow the world to flourish in all areas of life and allow the world to continue to evolve throughout time. There are several factors that help to develop a person’s identity‚ morality‚ faith‚ and psychosocial skills. I will discuss the how the experiences and the people who surrounded me throughout my life impacted how I formed my identity into what it
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