CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is characterized by morality that is based on universal human rights and respect for individual liberty. It transcends social norms or expectations. Examples of people who have reached a postconventional morality stage include Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Rosa Parks.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the postconventional level, a person’s sense of morality is defined in terms of more abstract principles and values. People now believe that some laws are unjust and should be changed or eliminated.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -According to Kohlberg’s moral development theory, individuals who reach the post-conventional level live by their own ethical principle, including basic human rights as life, liberty, and justice. They tend to pursue “the greatest good for the greatest number of people”1.