CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Level 1: Preconventional level At the preconventional level, morality is externally controlled. Rules imposed by authority figures are conformed to in order to avoid punishment or receive rewards. This perspective involves the idea that what is right is what one can get away with or what is personally satisfying.

Detailed explanation-2: -Preconventional morality is the first stage of moral development, and lasts until approximately age 9. At the preconventional level children don’t have a personal code of morality, and instead moral decisions are shaped by the standards of adults and the consequences of following or breaking their rules.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first level of Kohlberg’s theory is called preconventional morality and marks a period beginning in childhood where an individual has not yet adopted the moral principles of their society or culture. Individuals at this level judge the morality of a particular behavior or action by its consequences.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stage 1: Obedience and punishment At stage one, we make moral judgments based on obedience and punishment. Finn’s sense of good and bad is directly linked to whether he gets punished or not.