Lawrence Kohlberg's Approach to Moral Education
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Lawrence Kohlberg's Approach to Moral Education presents what the late Lawrence Kohlberg regarded as the definitive statement of his educational theory. Addressing the sociology and social psychology of schooling, the authors propose that school culture become the center of moraleducation and research. They discuss how schools can develop as just and cohesive communities by involving students in democracy, and they focus on the moral decisions teachers and students face as they democratically resolve problems. As the authors put it: "We propose an educational renewal of our democratic society.... We have attempted to establish schools that do more than just teach about democratic citizenship, that are themselves democratic societies."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231059779
ISBN13:9780231059770
Release Date:April 1991
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:322 Pages
Weight:1.01 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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the Just Community Theory
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book is a review of the implementation of Kohlberg's six stages of moral development and his desire to put theory into practice. The reader learns about Kohlberg's journey from a theoretical idea of the six stages to a practical usage of the idea. A new concept emerged and that is the theory of the just community. In a just community, students and teachers are equals and they use the forum of school to discuss real-life moral dilemmas in order to further the students' moral reasoning. The book itself focuses on the implementations (as done by Kohlberg and his colleagues). The other important thing to keep in mind about this book is that it is practically the only place, in print, where the reader can find information about the just community directly from Kohlberg's words.
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