Moral Development in Middle Childhood Period in Turkey According to Social Domain Theory

Moral development is a variable concept ranging from one society to the other one. Every society has its own moral norms, and It is arisen a social reaction to those people who violates these norms. Kohlberg’s studies are widely available in studies on moral development in the literature. However; Kohlberg doesn’t mention that moral is value judgment changing from one society to the other one. According to the Social Domain Theory, the studies on moral development have recently taken part in literature. The aim of the case study is to understand the moral development of students in middle childhood period, who go to a primary school, according to the Social Domain Theory. Study group of the research is 60 children as first, second, third and fourth grader at the primary school and continuing education in 2018/2019 academic year. 6 hypothetical stories which researcher set are used as data collection tool in the study. By using the content analysis, it is determined that children preferred to violate the “minor rule”, instead of “major rule”; they said that robbery is not moral/right behavior, in order to save even their siblings and they said that making fair choices is moral behavior, and children should play toys which they want, and it should be respected their toy choice, and intervention of their families is not right attitude, and, lastly, rules are always valid and should apply under all circumstances.