CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Authority is outside the individual and children often make moral decisions based on the physical consequences of actions. Stage 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation. The child/individual is good in order to avoid being punished.

Detailed explanation-2: -Level 1 (Preconventional) Obedience and Punishment Orientation – at this stage of moral reasoning, the individual acts from a belief that if they do something wrong they will be punished, so that the best reason for avoiding doing wrong is to avoid punishment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stage 1: Obedience and Punishment Orientation In relation to our example above, the man should not steal the medication from the pharmacy as he may go to jail if he is caught. Similar to the first stage in Piaget’s theory, Kohlberg reflects on the moral thought of children.

Detailed explanation-4: -An example of obedience and punishment driven morality would be a child refusing to do something because it is wrong and that the consequences could result in punishment. For example, a child’s classmate tries to dare the child to skip school.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stage 1: Punishment/obedience orientation Behaviour is determined by consequences. The individual will obey in order to avoid punishment.