CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Heteronomous Morality (5-9 yrs) The stage of heteronomous morality is also known as moral realism – morality imposed from the outside. Children regard morality as obeying other people’s rules and laws, which cannot be changed.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Piaget proposed four major stages of cognitive development, and called them (1) sensorimotor intelligence, (2) preoperational thinking, (3) concrete operational thinking, and (4) formal operational thinking.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.