Kohlberg 1968 The child as a moral philosopher
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- Kohlberg (1968) The child as a Moral philosopher
- Methodology
- Used interviews to collect qualitative data
- Qualitative data is information not in a numerical form. It cannot be measured/
- Was a longitudinal study
- Studied 75 American boys who were aged between 22 and 28
- He also studied participants from Turkey, Great Britain, Canada, Taiwan and Mexico.
- Used interviews to collect qualitative data
- Procedure
- Created 9 hypothetical moral dilemmas
- Such as Heinz
- Each dilemma presented a conflict between two moral issues
- The answers were analysed and the common themes were found
- The children were interviewed every 3 years
- Created 9 hypothetical moral dilemmas
- Findings
- Kohlberg found that younger children thought at the preconventional stage
- However became less focused on themselves and more focused on doing good as they grew older
- The results in Mexico and Taiwan were the same except that the development was a little slower
- The pre-reconventional level
- Stage 1- the punishment and obedience orientation
- Stage 2- the instrumental purpose orientation
- The conventional level
- Stage 3- interpersonal cooperation
- Stage 4- the social-order-maintaining orientation
- The post- conventional level
- Stage 5- the social contract orientation
- Stage 6- the universal ethical principles orientation
- Kohlberg found that younger children thought at the preconventional stage
- Conclusions
- The stages are invariant and universal so everyone, everywhere goes through the same stages in the same order
- Moral discussion classes will help children develop their moral thinking
- Discussions between stages 3 and 4 will encourage the children at stage 3 to move forward
- As children get older they get a more balanced understanding which results in logical thinking
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