CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are two well-known leaders in the field of cognitive development and morality: Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg. Jean Piaget believed that there were two main levels to moral development during childhood. The first is called heteronomous morality, and the second is called autonomous morality.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Jean Piaget, moral relativism is characteristic of children in the autonomous stage of moral development, who consider the intention behind an act along with possible extenuating circumstances when judging its rightness or wrongness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Piaget’s ideas of moral realism and morality of cooperation play a role inKohlberg’s theory. Children in Piaget’s stage of moral realism believe thatrules are absolute and can’t be changed. Punishment should be determined by howmuch damage is done, and the intention of the child is not taken intoaccount.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jean Piaget is best known for his stage theory on moral development of children which occurs in two distinct stages from heteronomous to autonomous and three sub stages premoral (0 to 5 years), moral realism ( 5 to 10 years), and moral relativism (after age 10).