CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Carol Gilligan has suggested that Kohlberg’s theory was gender-biased since all of the subjects in his sample were male. Kohlberg has based his study primarily on a male sample.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kohlberg’s Theory of Gender Development A gender schema model proposes that children develop their gender identity through internal motivation to conform to what society expects based on their biological sex.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lawrence Kohlberg, an American psychologist, was among the pioneers of moral development research. Building on from the original propositions of Jean Piaget, Kohlberg theorised that humans develop their moral judgements in 6 stages. To confirm his theory, Kohlberg interviewed boys between the ages of 10 and 16.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kohlberg found that more men reached this stage of moral reasoning than women and that men tended to be heavily focused on justice. Gilligan criticized this theory, arguing that it was biased in favor of men. In her own research, Gilligan found that women placed a stronger emphasis on caring in moral decision making.