Teaching for Moral Development in the Schools: Reason for Caution but Reason to Proceed: An Editor's Perspective.

Galbraith, Ronald E.

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Publication Date: 1979-Mar

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Teaching for Moral Development in the Schools: Reason for Caution but Reason to Proceed: An Editor's Perspective.

Galbraith, Ronald E.

Social Education, v43 n3 p233,240-41 Mar 1979

Although in favor of developmental psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development, the author cautions about possible results of using moral reasoning discussions in the classroom. These include: (1) indoctrination, (2) moral authoritarianism, (3) relativism, (4) the "morality as medicine" syndrome, (5) and the "doing Kohlberg" syndrome. (KC)

Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Educational Problems, Educational Responsibility, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Development, Social Studies

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