Autonomy- "Being governed by oneself"

1. " The idea that children acquire moral values and knowledge by construction from within- by putting things into relationships- still stands, as does the ides that social interactions are essential for this construction to take place. "

2. According to Piaget, when an adult gives a child a reward/ punishment it reinforces the child's natural heteronomy.

2.1. Punishment leads to three major things: calculation of risks, blind conformity, and revolt.

3. In order to stimulate and create a development of autonomy, adults should exchange points of view with children.

3.1. In order to make children more autonomous, we should refrain from using rewards and punishments, and we should encourage children to develop moral values for themselves.

4. "Autonomy is not synonymous with complete freedom."

5. Piaget and the sanctions of reciprocity

5.1. Motivate children  to construct rules of conduct through the coordination of viewpoints.

5.2. 1. temporary exclusion from the group

5.3. 2. Getting the child's attention to the direct and material consequence of his/her act.

5.4. 3. Depriving the child of the item or thing that he/she misused.

5.5. 4. Restitution

6. Piaget's theory has never been disproved.

7. All babies are born heteronomous

7.1. Heteronomous- "Being governed by someone else"

7.2. As the child gets older, he/ she becomes more autonomous.

8. Piaget noted that adults are rarely truly moral.

9. "MUTUAL RESPECT IS ESSENTIAL IF A CHILD IS TO DEVELOP AUTONOMY"

10. Allow students the opportunity to correct the answer for themselves. By allowing them to do this it helps them recognize their own mistakes.(P.6)