Abstract
Kohlberg’s theory of moral cognitive development is temporarily the most influential theory in moral development psychology in the west and is still applied into practice and proved effective by moral theorists and educators all over the world. This paper takes this theory as the basis to analyze some problems existing in college moral education in China. It also suggests effective strategies to improve college moral education in China, i.e. Chinese colleges should reform the mode of moral education to increase students’ moral judgment competence, respect the developmental rules of moral cognition, make full use of the “Zone of proximal development” theory for moral education to develop students’ moral autonomy, attach great importance to “moral regression” period, and guide the Chinese moral education to transit from “teach how to obey” to “teach how to choose.”
Highlights
Stages of Moral Cognitive DevelopmentKohlberg’s theory of moral cognitive development, absorbing some thoughts in Dewey’s Progressive Theory of Ethics and Piaget’s theory of Child Development, is one of the most influential theories in modern Western moral development psychology
Kohlberg’s theory of moral cognitive development is temporarily the most influential theory in moral development psychology in the west and is still applied into practice and proved effective by moral theorists and educators all over the world. This paper takes this theory as the basis to analyze some problems existing in college moral education in China
Stages of moral cognitive development are the core part of Kohlberg’s theoretical system of moral development, whose main points are as follows: 1) moral development is closely related to cognitive development which is the basis of moral development
Summary
Kohlberg’s theory of moral cognitive development, absorbing some thoughts in Dewey’s Progressive Theory of Ethics and Piaget’s theory of Child Development, is one of the most influential theories in modern Western moral development psychology. The society and education can help develop it by all means To prove this assertion, Kohlberg spent more than ten years tracking qualitatively children and adolescents of different ages in various cultures by putting forward moral dilemma questions. In stage one (obedience and punishment orientation), children take the avoidance of punishment due to the disobedience of the existing rules as the criteria of their moral judgment They believe what is regulated by authorities is right while it is absolutely wrong to disobey those rules. Stage 6 is the highest stage and takes universal ethical principles as the criteria to guide their actions People in this stage abide by the ethical rules or principles they have chosen, believing that they are the basis of all the laws and social contracts. Nor be reversed; each provides a new and necessary perspective, more comprehensive and differentiated than its predecessors but integrated with them
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