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Moral Education
EDU 224 | Newberry College
Moral Education
• What stages do people go through in their
moral development?
• How can teachers affect a child’s moral
development? Should we?
• What kind of moral education happens in
schools now? In the past?
Have you ever cheated?
When do people usually cheat?
Is that really such a bad thing?
People always seem to find good reasons to do
not-so-good-things.
In June 2005, the Center for Academic Integrity
found…
90% of students admitted they cheat.
74% cheated on a high-stakes test.
60% plagiarized on a written assignment.
54% used the internet to plagiarize.
45% believe teachers ignore cheating.
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Can morality
be taught in school or
even be affected by teachers?
Jean Piaget
Stages of Cognitive Development
Stage
Age Range
Sensori-motor
0 -2
Preoperational
2 - 6/7
Concrete
Operational
6/7 - 11/12
Formal
Operational
11/12 and up
Description
• Behaviors are innate and reflexive
• Develop knowledge of cause and effect
• Self-oriented and egocentric
• Can only see own viewpoint
• Reality is based on what they can see/touch
• Can recognize more than one viewpoint
• Can think abstractly
• Can think abstractly
• Can reason theoretically
• Not all people reach this stage
What’s the difference?
Stage 2 | Preoperational
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Stage 3 | Concrete Operational
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Lawrence Kohlberg
Stages of Moral Reasoning
Stage
Age Range
In dilemma, moral reasoning based on…
Pre-conventional
Child
Direct consequences related to self only
(obedience, punishment, self-interest)
Conventional
Post-conventional
Adolescent
Adult
Acceptance of society’s views regarding right
and wrong (interpersonal accord, conformity,
authority, social order)
Recognition that individual perspective may
take precedence over societal norms (social
contract, universal ethical principles)
Should we teach students
morals and/or ethics? How are
teachers providing moral
education these days?
Historically, teachers are
expected to teach ethics
and/or morality.
Traditional inculcation
 individual analysis
Models of Moral Education
• Values Clarification
• Character Education
• Service Learning/Community Service
• Comprehensive Values Education
What else can you do?
• Use and enforce honor code.
• Use rules and consequences to teach.
• Focus on helping students grow.
• Build ethics and morality into units.
• Model morals and ethics.
How moral and/or ethical do
teachers need to be?
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