Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ426385
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
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A Note on Helga's Dilemma: The Dark Side of Kohlberg.
Kirman, Joseph M.
Social Education, v55 n1 p33,67 Jan 1991
Argues that exposing children to some of Lawrence Kohlberg's moral dilemmas, such as Helga's dilemma, may be pedagogically unsound at the elementary-school level. States sample responses provided are inappropriate, rigid, and self-righteous. Provides 10 reasons why this dilemma and its designated responses are of questionable morality. Claims "Helga's Dilemma" trivializes the Holocaust. (NL)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills, Developmental Stages, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Ethics, Evaluative Thinking, Interpretive Skills, Justice, Learning Strategies, Moral Development, Moral Values, Problem Solving, Social Studies, Teaching Models, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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