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Lawrence Kohlberg’s Legacy: Radicalizing The Educational Mainstream

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Kohlberg Revisited

Part of the book series: Moral Development and Citizenship Education ((MORA))

Abstract

Kohlberg made two radical claims: One, development should be the aim of education, and two, education should have an explicit focus on the moral, which can be non-indoctrinative when embedded in fair and open school structures, notably democracy. Kohlberg’s moral education has two idealized goals, to transform schools into just communities, and to use schools as a force to create a more just and compassionate society.

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D’alessandro, A.H. (2015). Lawrence Kohlberg’s Legacy: Radicalizing The Educational Mainstream. In: Zizek, B., Garz, D., Nowak, E. (eds) Kohlberg Revisited. Moral Development and Citizenship Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-079-6_3

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