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ETHICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD 1 Running Head: Ethics in Early Childhood Phase of the Children

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The various theories that can be put to use in the inculcation of the ethics and morality among children are Kohlberg's moral understanding stage theory, Piaget's cognitive development stage theory and Vygotsky’s Theory of Child Development. The various developmental activities to inculcate ethics among the children needs to be developed based on these theories so that the process has a productive output.

ETHICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD 1 Running Head: Ethics in Early Childhood Phase of the Children

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Running Head: ETHICS IN EARLY CHILDHOODETHICS IN EARLY CHILDHOODName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1ETHICS IN EARLY CHILDHOODIn this essay, the importance of ethics in early childhood phase of the children and itseffect on the moral development of the child is studied. Ethics are a set of moral laws to befollowed by a person based on logical norms of the society for the overall development of thesociety (Dewey, 2016). The introduction of child to an ethical environment at an early agehelps them develop and understand the environment. The inculcation of ethics in earlychildhood helps in the overall development of the child and the initial personalitydevelopment of the child (Peters, 2015). The overall development of the child includes thedevelopment of his attitude and the behavioral patterns, which help in development of theoverall cognition of the child. The development of the child and the inculcation of the moralethics in the child is the duty of the educator. As an educator, I need to identify the needs of the children and device differentmethods needed for the ethical and the moral development of the child. For educating thechildren and development of their cognitive abilities a number of theories have been putforward to be used. The various theories that can be put to use in the inculcation of the ethicsand morality among children are Kohlberg's moral understanding stage theory, Piaget'scognitive development stage theory and Vygotsky’s Theory of Child Development. Thesetheories help us in understanding the development of the children though various age groupsalong with conducive methods to reach them (Noddings, 2013). The various developmentalactivities to inculcate ethics among the children needs to be developed based on thesetheories so that the process has a productive output.In the growth and development years, the children need special care and attentions asthey tend to learn more by observing others than by usual teaching methods (Biesta, 2015).The teaching process of the children should therefore be dependent on more practicalactivities than on the direct teaching methods. The developmental methods of the children
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2ETHICS IN EARLY CHILDHOODneed a number of processes and methodologies to be devised to work in the teachingenvironment of the children and help in the development and growth of the children. As anInstructor I need to device methods to inculcate moral and ethical approach in the children.One of the major studies which takes in account the growth in the moral development of thechildren is the Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. In this theory, Kohlberg states thatthe morality of the child develops in a number of stages depending on the situation they areraised in (Kurtines, 2014). According to Kohlberg the children do not have any moral code,instead their moral codes are developed by the observation of moralities among the adults.This puts a more important responsibility among adults in who are around the children tobehave in morally ethical ways so that the children can inculcate proper ethics amongthemselves by learning from their adults (Adler, 2015). The children need to understand thefollowing of the social norms will be helpful for them in the society. More importantly thechildren will learn to understand that the viewpoints of the individuals vary and everyone’sviews are important if they do not hinder the logical social norms of the society. theinculcation of ethics in children will need the help of this cognitive behavior of children as itis the quickest way for them to learn behavioral habits. I have a duty to teach the students about the society to teach them about ethics, as theethics need more of a modern and hands on approach. The Piaget’s theory of the developmentof the children is important in this regard to understand their developmental patterns throughdifferent age groups (Mischel, 2013). The Piaget’s theory of children’s development helps inunderstanding the development of the children by dividing their understanding of differentcognitive abilities based on their age groups. The children learn the different behaviors atdifferent stages of their life based on the experiences in their lives (Modgil, Modgil & Brown,2013). The cognitive development based on the changes observed by Piaget shows thedifferent developmental pattern. The inculcation of ethics, which should begin at a very early
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3ETHICS IN EARLY CHILDHOODage, depends on the various approaches that I have to take based on the age group of thechildren. Moreover, the change in the patterns of the individual child’s behavior has to betaken into account while devising strategies of behavioral teaching.A number of studies suggest that the inculcation of behavioral and ethical moralitiesin the children. There are a number of reasons, which may affect the moral development of achild during their growth years, one of the most important is the environment in which theyare brought up. In their early years, children develop their behavior and habits by mimingadults (Bailey, 2014). In such cases, it becomes extremely necessary for the adults aroundthem to behave in morally good ways so that the child should not learn anything which mightnot be good for him in the long run (Walters, 2015). Therefore, it is very important for me asan instructor to keep an eye on the children and assure they imitate the right habits of theelders. The development of the moral ethics is extremely important in the early childhood asit moulds the adult behavior of an individual (Best, 2016). A child who does not developmorally is bound to have problems during adulthood dealing with the society, and sometimessuch children become a problem for the law. It is seen in a number of cases that the personresorted to crime as a result of a bad childhood (Gajewski & Forlin, 2017). The illexperiences they had as a child made them resort to violence and crime to express their angerand angst. This is a situation where the childhood nurturing and the effect of the environmenton the childhood mentality and the behavior is visible. The change in the behavioral patternsof the children should not be taken lightly and must be studied in detail to understand thecause of the change its effect on the morality of the child (Rabin & Smith, 2013). The ethicsof the child helps in develop into an adult who is and active and contributing member of thesociety.
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