An Analytical Overview of Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development in College Moral Education in Mainland China

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."

Generation Z: Understanding the Moral Characteristics of The Current Generation

“…A person's level of morality can be measured by paying attention to the stages in his moral reasoning. Kohlberg identifies six levels of moral reasoning (Isaksson, 2014;Zhang, 2017), i.e., the preconventional level consists of stages 1 and 2, the conventional level consists of stages 3 and 4, and the post-conventional level consists of stages 5 and 6.…”

The permissive non-parental childcare and moral intelligence: Indonesian setting

“…Meanwhile, in mass parenting conditions, the results showed that children can learn moral through enforcing rules. Compliance with the rules for mass childcare in accordance with Kohlberg's theory of moral development [36], [37] at the pre-conventional stage, according to which the children's moral intelligence is related to social norms that result from the children's relationships with their environment. This moral enforcement only occurs when children are with other people [38].…”

Instrumen Kecerdasan Moral untuk Anak: Validitas dan Reliabilitas

“…Pengembangan kecerdasan moral pada anak usia dini akan memandu anak untuk memiliki interaksi sosial yang positif dan sehat (Bozaci, 2014); (Retnowati, Salim, & Saleh, 2018). Hal tersebut menunjukkan bahwa perkembangan moral seseorang sangat erat kaitannya dengan lingkungan sosialnya, sehingga Kohlberg menekankan bahwa pengembangan moralitas manusia dilakukan secara bertahap (Zhang & Zhao, 2017). Secara bertahap anak akan meningkatkan kecerdasan moralnya melalui model perilaku moral yang ditiru, serta memberikan penguatan dari lingkungan sosialnya (Ahyani & Dhini, 2011).…”