James Rest

James Rest was a professor with the Department of Educational Psychology for the University of Minnesota. In 1982 he helped formally establish the Center for the Study of Ethical Development along with colleagues Muriel Bebeau, Darcia Narvaez and Steve Thoma. Some of his contributions to his field have been that of formulating the theory and methodology of the Defining Issues Test, a component model of moral development.stages of moral development, an approach he called 'Neo-Kohlbergian'.cite book |last=Rest |first=James |authorlink=James Rest |coauthors=Narvaez, D., Bebeau, M. and Thoma, S. |title=Postconventional Moral Thinking: A Neo-Kohlbergian Approach |year=1999 |publisher=Lawrence Erlbaum Associates |location=Mahwah, NJ |id=ISBN 0805832858 ]

James Rest died in 1999, his work continued at the Center for the Study of Ethical Development by his peers and colleagues.cite web |url=http://www.centerforthestudyofethicaldevelopment.net/The%20DIT%20and%20the%20CENTER.htm |title=Center for the Study of Ethical Development |accessdate=2006-12-04 |format=Website |work=The DIT and the CENTER ]

ee also

*Defining Issues Test
*Center for the Study of Ethical Development
*Kohlberg's stages of moral development

References

External links

* [http://www.centerforthestudyofethicaldevelopment.net Center for the Study of Ethical Development]