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. This perspective involves the idea that what is right is what one can get away with or what is personally satisfying.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pre-conventional Level Actions are determined to be good or bad depending on how they are rewarded or punished. Example: It would be bad for me to take my friend’s toy because the teacher will punish me.

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: -Rosa Parks Refusing to Move on the Bus. Rosa Parks stood up for what she saw as universal moral principles despite the fact society around her disagreed. She had reached the level of postconventional morality.