The validity of Lawrence Kohlberg's empirical findings and of his cognitive developmental approach to understanding moral development is questioned. An alternative theory of moral development which emphasizes moral sensibility as well as reasoned moral judgment is proposed. (PP)

Examines the impact of American boarding schools on students' moral development. Discusses the incremental steps that students experience during the process of assimilation at boarding schools, which shapes their character and promotes a world view that is compatible with students' most likely future statuses. (DMM)

Discusses Meehan, Woll, and Abbott's study showing that scores on Hogan's Survey of Ethical Attitudes (SEA) are affected by instructions to simulate politically liberal or conservative attitudes. This paper asserts that test-taking is a form of self-presentation, identical to everyday social interactions. Woll responds, reasserting his…

A research project attempted to confront issues involved in facilitating and measuring the psychological development of teachers participating in an inservice education program. Results of the study suggest that it is difficult to create effective developmental experiences for adults, since they tend to stabilize at a particular developmental…

The author presents an overview of social development, including new findings concerning moral development and self-differentiation. Emphasis is placed on the role of peer interactions, rather than adult authority, in shaping and advancing the child's self-constructed moral values. (Editor/SJL)

Studied moral development as a nonadditive, interactive function of both recognized cognitive abilities and interpersonal security. Data showed preservice teachers (N=139) had a mean moral development score at about the national norm. Suggests constraints placed on moral thought by one's prepotent conative level should be considered in curricular…

Presents a dilemma situation with a real conflict for the central characters, two conflicting values or moral issues, and is intended to generate disagreement among students about the appropriate action to be taken. A teacher's guide is included. (Author/SA)

Presents an educational game intended to teach children proper cat care. It is intended for lower elementary-aged children and may be used as a classroom activity. (SA)

Relates each of Kohlberg's six stages of moral development to the appropriate level of schooling and method of classroom discipline. Concludes that teachers can successfully solve discipline problems by choosing strategies from a stage just beyond the student's level. (SK)

Investigates the relationship between maturity of moral judgement and perception of maternal and peer attitudes in Brazilian sixth- and seventh-grade boys. (CM)

This article reviews recent investigations into intentionality (use of motive information) in young children's moral judgments. Intentionality has been shown to vary as a function of the vignette used to measure it. The educational implications of Piagetian theory and cognitive social learning theory for moral development are discussed.…

Since contemporary society creates serious problems in the education of youth, it is suggested that carefully planned and executed programs of cooperative education can help ameliorate the situation. The issues of educating for employment and transmitting values are discussed. (Author/LBH)

Reviews research on the influence of the college experience in students' moral development, particularly within the framework of Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development. Issues discussed include the amount of principled moral growth occurring during college, how much can be attributed to college attendance, institutional characteristics…

Examines environmental moral reasoning and values in African American children and their parents in Houston and Brazilian children in a large city and in a river village along the Amazon. Finds similarities of moral concerns and obligations to the environment in all three communities, structured by concerns for human welfare, fairness, and rights.…

Service learning in higher education can be a powerful method of citizen education, by building students' concrete civic skills in the areas of intellectual understanding, communication and problem solving, and civic attitudes of judgment and imagination. A basic condition is that broad definitions of service and citizenship be assumed, and used…