Moral Foundations of Education

When developing this theory of moral development, psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg was most interested in which of the following?

• what is right versus what is wrong when making decision

• the developmental stage of the person faced with a complex moral problem

• how individuals approach a moral dilemma

• why people make the wrong decision

Peter’s girlfriend drags him to see the movie Frozen. He sneaks past the ticket taker to avoid paying. He figures this movie is for dumb babies so he shouldn’t have to pay for it. Which stage of moral development is he demonstrating?

• Stage 1 – Punishment Obedience

• Stage 4 – Law and Order

• Stage 3 – Social Approval

• Stage 2 – Mutual Benefit

Larry wants to see Frozen 2 with his friends, but he doesn’t because he promised he would watch it with his girlfriend. What stage of moral development is he demonstrating?

• Stage 1 – Punishment Obedience

• Stage 4 – Law and Order

• Stage 3 – Social Approval

• Stage 2 – Mutual Benefit

Gandhi fight for the rights of others, putting himself at risk because he believes it’s the right thing to do. He is in what stage of moral development?

• Universal Principles

• Law and Order

• Social Approval

• Mutual Benefit

Gilligan argues that for women, morality develops

• through focusing on justice, rights, and logic

• because of interpersonal relationships, compassion, and care

• because of maternal feelings they have for their babies

• as women become more politically active

He was the Father of Moral Education

• Rupert Dullhetch

• Rupert Dullhetchet

• Robert Balhetch

• Robert Balhetchet

New England Puritans believed the moral code resided in the __________.

• Qur’an

• Bible

• Torah

• Gita

What is the main concern of moral education?

• It helps children develop the disposition to act in accordance with such beliefs and values.

• It develops students' physical competence and knowledge of movement and safety, and their ability to use these to perform in a wide range of activities associated with the development of an active and healthy lifestyle.

• It examines the behavior of individuals as members of social networks and groups such as the family, the workgroup, organizations, communities, and societies.

•  It helps students acquire the knowledge and commitments needed to make reflective decisions and to take personal, social, and civic action to promote democracy and democratic living.

These are under 19th century except:

• Schooling was promoted for both secular and moral reasons.

• Teachers were hired and trained with the clear expectation that they would advance the moral mission of the school.

• Literature, biography, and history were taught with the explicit intention of infusing children with high moral standards and good examples to guide their lives.

• The democracy contained within itself the seeds of its own destruction and could degenerate into mobocracy with the many preying on the few and with political leaders pandering to the citizenry's hunger for bread and circuses.

He was urging educators to transform their schools into "just communities" environments within which students' moral stage development would accelerate.

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

• Lawrence Kohlberg

• Thomas Jefferson