CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Turiel based his theory of moral development off of psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg’s framework of moral reasoning .

Detailed explanation-2: -Elliot Turiel’s work focuses on the development of moral judgment in children and adolescents and, more generally, on their evolving understanding of the conventions of social systems. His research suggests that social judgements are ordered, systematic, subtly discriminative, and related to behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive in nature, Kohlberg’s theory focuses on the thinking process that occurs when one decides whether a behaviour is right or wrong. Thus, the theoretical emphasis is on how one decides to respond to a moral dilemma, not what one decides or what one actually does.

Detailed explanation-4: -Created while studying psychology at the University of Chicago, the theory was inspired by the work of Jean Piaget and a fascination with children’s reactions to moral dilemmas. Kohlberg proposed a form of “Socratic” moral education and reaffirmed John Dewey’s idea that development should be the aim of education.

Detailed explanation-5: -Piaget’s (1932) theory was the first cognitive-developmental theory and highlighted the role of logical reasoning for moral development. While Piaget proposed how moral development can occur (though social interactions), his theory focused only on development in children.