CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -At the preconventional level, morality is externally controlled. Rules imposed by authority figures are conformed to in order to avoid punishment or receive rewards.

Detailed explanation-2: -Preconventional morality is the earliest period of moral development. It lasts until around the age of 9. At this age, children’s decisions are primarily shaped by the expectations of adults and the consequences of breaking the rules.

Detailed explanation-3: -in Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, the third and highest level of moral reasoning, characterized by an individual’s commitment to moral principles sustained independently of any identification with family, group, or country.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -preconventional (not comparable) (ethics) Belonging to the earliest of Lawrence Kohlberg’s stages of moral development, focusing on self-interest and on obedience for the sake of avoiding punishment.