Moral Development -- EDPR 7/8112 Adolescence Sec. 001 0500-0800 R

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Date Posted: 14:53:06 03/12/07 Mon
Author: Bryan Wilson
Subject: Moral Development

According to the text (240), Piaget offers to a young group (heteronomous) and an older group (autonomous) to change the rules in the game of marbles. The older group accepts and listens, but the younger group resists the change. I believe the older children have been taught in the way of the world and how things suppose to flow. I also believe the younger children are raw and have not been shaped to fit into the paradigm of society. A couple of weeks ago we touched on children�s imagination being unrestrained and unshaped which enables them to think outside the box. We also spoke on how we as adults have been programmed to think and act in a certain way, which hinders our imagination. I think this fits into that discussion, as well. Just a thought!!!

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[> Re: Moral Development -- Derwin Sisnett, 13:34:02 03/13/07 Tue

I think it's interesting that adults are willing to change when rules change, but they can be less willing to change for the sake of creativity. On the other hand, children are willing to change for the sake of creativity, but they are less willing to change when rules change. Could there be a negative correlation between the capacity to change with rules and the capacity to change for creativity? Of course rules are more structured, whereas creativity is open-ended. It could make an interesting study . . .

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