ABSTRACT
The evidence supplied by contemporary research into children's morality makes it clear that one can speak confidently of moral development. The average teacher is well acquainted with theories of development although he may be unfamiliar with the technical details. Common sense and experience have provided him with this information. S. Isaacs argued that different stages of human development are marked by a difference of degree. J. Piaget believed that they were marked by a difference in kind. This is a very elementary attempt to disclose one of the fundamental differences, between the conclusions of both schools of developmental psychology. For Isaacs a child is like a rough diamond. It must be placed in the hands of a skilled craftsman, then ground, polished and set so that the end result is a fully formed human being. The attitudes of responsibility, altruism, independence and rationality emerge in childhood and slowly mature.
