Lawrence Kohlberg

27.4k citations
108 papers · 15.2k indexed · 17 hit papers · h-index 50

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Papers in

    • Ethics in Business and Education 13
    • Education and Critical Thinking Development 25
    • Values and Moral Education 15
    • Early Childhood Education and Development 6
    • Religious Education and Schools 5

Lawrence Kohlberg

103 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

Psicología del desarrollo moral 1992 · 152 citations
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Lawrence Kohlberg
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  • Information Systems and Management 3.4k
  • Social Psychology 3.6k
  • Safety Research 1.3k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 3.0k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.8k
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All Works

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1
El desarrollo del educando como finalidad de la educación
20120
2
Die Psychologie der Lebensspanne
20002
3
Die Psychologie der Moralentwicklung
199561
4
Tahap-tahap perkembangan moral
199555
5
Theoretical foundations and research validation
198741
6
Moralische Urteilsfähigkeit : eine Auseinandersetzung mit Lawrence Kohlberg über Moral, Erziehung und Demokratie
19877
7
Lawrence Kohlberg : consensus and controversy
1986176
8 198532
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Childhood development as a predictor of adaptation in adulthood.
198470
10
The psychology of moral development : the nature and validity of moral stages
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1984885
11
The Philosophy of Moral Development Moral Stages and the Idea of Justice
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19811014
12
Moral Education: A Response to Thomas Sobol.
19807
13
The development of formal operations in logical and moral judgment.
197782
14
The Quest for Justice in 200 Years of American History and in Contemporary American Education.
19764
15
This Special Section in Perspective.
19765
16
Moral Education for a Society in Moral Transition.
197539
17
Moral Development and the New Social Studies.
197213
18
A Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Moral Education.
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1972375
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Understanding the Hidden Curriculum.
19723
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The Adolescent as a Philosopher: The Discovery of the Self in a Postconventional World.
1971159

About Lawrence Kohlberg

Lawrence Kohlberg is a scholar working on Information Systems and Management, Education, General Psychology, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology, having authored 108 papers that have together received 15.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Education and Critical Thinking Development (25 papers), Values and Moral Education (15 papers), Ethics in Business and Education (13 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (11 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (6 papers), Ego Development and Educational Practices (6 papers), Religious Education and Schools (5 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Information Systems and Management (3.4k citations), Social Psychology (3.6k citations), Safety Research (1.3k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (3.0k citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.8k citations). Lawrence Kohlberg has collaborated with scholars based in United States, India and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Jack T. Hanford, Richard H. Hersh, Anne Colby, Charles G. Levine, Ann Higgins‐D'Alessandro, Judy Yaeger, Rheta DeVries, Carol Gilligan, Marcus Lieberman and June Louin Tapp. Their work appears in journals such as Child Development, Human Development, Journal of Moral Education, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Zygon®.

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