Chapter 3 - Personal & Social Development

What?

In moral and social development we discussed Erikson and Kohlberg's stages. We also learned about students' sense of self and how to promote social interaction within our classroom.

So What?

Knowing about Erikson and Kohlberg's stages is very important to us as teachers because it really gives us good guidelines about what we can be expecting from our students both socially and morally. I learned that most of my students will be in the Industry vs. Inferiority stage and this will be crucial to me as a teacher because the way i encourage my students and the type of instruction i plan can really help them to develop a stronger sense of who they are and help them to feel that industry. Knowing about moral development is also important because i feel that we have a responsibility as teacher to help our students to become moral and ethical individuals.

Now What?

Now that i know a little more about moral education, in my class i will address moral situation and like discussed in the text, will help the students reason at higher moral levels than they might have otherwise. This can really help the students to grow and will help them to be able to reason through their own situations when they run into problems.