Authority and the Development of Political Orientations.

Autor/in	Parks, Robert
Titel	Authority and the Development of Political Orientations.
Quelle	(1975), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Authoritarianism; Child Development; Cognitive Development; Educational Strategies; Elementary Secondary Education; Moral Development; Political Attitudes; Political Science; Political Socialization; Student Attitudes; Student Teacher Relationship; Teacher Influence; Teacher Role; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autoritarismus; Kindesentwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Lehrstrategie; Moralische Entwicklung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Politische Sozialisation; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerrolle; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The legitimate use of authority in political and moral education is examined from a cognitive-developmental perspective. However, legitimate authoritative communications by a teacher must have the potential for reasoned elaboration. These communications then mark off the boundaries of rational and authoritative communication from non- and irrational communications. The backing by reasons of these authoritative statements must be made apparent at some level meaningful to the child if genuine authority is to be established, even if the child is not capable of fully comprehending the concepts and relations involved. In Kohlberg's three stages of moral development, authority can be used to mark out and develop the sphere of reason up until the child reaches the postconventional, autonomous, or principled level. In the political education of young children, authority can be used to make clear to children that political party allegiances and strong positive feelings about the Presidency are not genetically inherited from parents but are choices made from rational political thought. (Author/DE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01