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Dr. Thomas Lickona

Dr. Thomas Lickona. Devon and Levi. Background. Developmental psychologist with Ph.D. and Professor of Education (State University of New York) Served on the leadership of: The Center for the Fourth and Fifth Rs (Respect and Responsibility) Association for Moral Education

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Dr. Thomas Lickona

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  1. Dr. Thomas Lickona Devon and Levi

  2. Background • Developmental psychologist with Ph.D. and Professor of Education (State University of New York) • Served on the leadership of: • The Center for the Fourth and Fifth Rs (Respect and Responsibility) • Association for Moral Education • Character Education Partnership

  3. Background • Lectured in the US, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Ireland and Latin America about the education of morals in the home and the school • Has appeared on The Larry King Show and Good Morning America • Awarded with: • State University of New York Faculty Exchange Scholar • Distinguished Alumni Award from the State University of New York at Albany • Sanford N. McDonnell Lifetime Achievement Award in Character Education

  4. Background • His many publications revolve around subjects such as “Raising Good Children,” “Smart and Good High Schools,” and “Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues”

  5. Lickona’sStages Of Moral Reasoning • Adopted from Kolberg’s “Stages of Moral Development” • Which came right after Piaget’s “Theory of Cognitive Development” • All of which give rough ages and are set stages that must be attained in order to progress.

  6. Lickona’sStages Of Moral Reasoning • Stage 0: Egocentric Reasoning • Around age 4 • Stage 1: Unquestioned Obedience • Around Kindergarten • Stage 2: What’s-In-It-For-Me Fairness • Early Elementary Grades • Stage 3: Interpersonal Conformity • Middle Elementary to Early Teens • Stage 4: Responsibility to the System • Late High School • Stage 5: Principled Conscience • Young Adulthood

  7. Critique • Moral agency is not granted to children until late in development • Younger children are able to understand “right and wrong” • Other critiques are leveled at specific aspects of his books

  8. Works Cited • Background: https://www.medinstitute.org/public/209.cfmhttp://www2.cortland.edu/centers/character/staff.dot • www.gsu.edu/~wwwsfd/2001/Geren.PDF • http://www.character-education.info/Articles/stages_of_moral_development.htm

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