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In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development is a book on gender studies by American professor Carol Gilligan , published in , which Harvard University Press calls "the little book that started a revolution". In the book, Gilligan criticized Kohlberg's stages of moral development of children.
Access options available:. At the time of publication, , human development was viewed through men's development and she challenged this norm. Though Jane Loevinger included women in her ego development research, she did not critique previous research for privileging men. In this book, Gilligan used three studies to examine how people develop relationships and reflect on their lives and connections to consider how they see the world and develop their senses of self. Through the synthesis of these three studies, she created a critical analysis about existing developmental theories, with a major focus on Lawrence Kolberg's theory of moral development.
Harvard Educational Review 1 December ; 47 4 : — As theories of developmental psychology continue to define educational goals and practice, it has become imperative for educators and researchers to scrutinize not only the underlying assumptions of such theories but also the model of adulthood toward which they point. Carol Gilligan examines the limitations of several theories,most notably Kohlberg's stage theory of moral development, and concludes that developmental theory has not given adequate expression to the concerns and experience of women. Through a review of psychological and literary sources, she illustrates the feminine construction of reality. From her own research data, interviews with women contemplating abortion, she then derives an alternative sequence for the development of women's moral judgments. Finally, she argues for an expanded conception of adulthood that would result from the integration of the "feminine voice" into developmental theory. Sign In or Create an Account.
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My Educational Philosophy Quotations by Topic. The human world is far more transparent to us than is commonly assumed. How do we come not to know our experience, our feelings, and the feelings of others? How do we become divided from others and from ourselves?
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