Author Question: How does Piaget's description of moral development help explain why elementary grade children may ... (Read 30 times)

tiara099 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

How does Piaget's description of moral development help explain why elementary grade children may become upset about changing the rules of a game?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Explain the basic principle and goal of the critical constructivist approach to learning.

What will be an ideal response?

mrphibs · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Most elementary school children practice the morality of constraint (or moral realism). They treat rules as sacred and are bothered if someone suggests that rules be changed to fit special situations.

Answer to Question 2

The critical constructivist perspective holds that students' social, racial, and ethnic backgrounds can be an impediment to the active construction of new ideas, but teachers should nevertheless look for ways to help students overcome those impediments.