Graduate Project Title
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1990
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Byron L. DeShaw
Second Committee Member
Dan A. Unruh
Third Committee Member
Franklin D. Carlson
Abstract
Using Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development and Discussion of Moral Dilemmas, an enrichment curriculum was created for use in the senior high school Health Education classroom or the Gifted Education classroom. The student is first introduced to the six stages of moral development as outlined by Kohlberg's theory. The instructional theories of Taba, Simon and Raths are also integrated with Kohlberg's theory through both individual and group discussion activities. First, the student solves one of eighteen Health Education-related moral dilemmas. After solving the dilemmas, the student asks questions of the others in a group discussion setting, and is in turn also questioned by the others. Finally, the group graphically displays the results of each student's solution to the dilemma in terms of effects on the people and world around them.
Recommended Citation
Lacey, Leanne Bond, "Global Decisions: A Curriculum for Enrichment in Health Education using Kohlberg's Discussion of Moral Dilemmas" (1990). All Graduate Projects. 307.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/307
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Applied Ethics Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Health and Physical Education Commons, Secondary Education Commons