Research on Kohlberg’s Theory and Practice in China - Open Access Library Journal

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Research on Kohlberg’s Theory and Practice in China ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1104823 1,344 Downloads 6,495 Views Citations

Author(s)

Qian Zhang

Affiliation(s)

School of English and Education, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China.

ABSTRACT

Since 1980s Kohlberg’s theory of moral cognitive development has great influences on Chinese moral education. The Chinese scholars introduced Kohlberg’s theory into Chinaand made some theoretical comments first and then made some empirical research in Chinese schools and universities. More and more empirical and cross-cultural research results jointly made by both Chinese and Western scholars have been published since the beginning of the new century. Post-Kohlberg theories began to be introduced into China, such as DIT, MJT and Social cognitive domain theory and so on. All of these theories have important enlightenment on Chinese moral education and facilitate the reform and innovation of the Chinese moral education to some extent. There are still some arguments with Kohlberg and post-Kohlberg theories in the empirical research made by Chinese scholars and so more research should be needed in the future.

KEYWORDS

Kohlberg, Moral Cognition and Development, Chinese Moral Education

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Zhang, Q. (2018) Research on Kohlberg’s Theory and Practice in China. Open Access Library Journal, 5, 1-11. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1104823.

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