CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -According to Piaget, children go through two major stages of moral judgment – Heteronomy (up to 7 years old) and Autonomy (from 7 years onward).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Stage 3-“good boy-good girl” orientation, This stage of moral development is focused on living up to social expectations and roles. There is an emphasis on conformity, being “nice, ” and consideration of how choices influence relationships. whole when making judgments.