When devising systems to educate children, we draw on a number of sources including in-depth research, experience, feedback and practical implications. In the field of moral development, research by Piaget, Kohlberg and Eisenberg is crucial because it describes six stages of ethical thinking that children must move through before attaining internalised moral standards. This places most nursery-aged children in what Kolhberg calls the preconventional level. The main characteristic of this level is that the standards children use to judge right or wrong are external. It is what happens after something has been said or done that decides if it is good or bad.
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