Informing transitions in the early years : research, policy and practice / edited by Aline-Wendy Dunlop and Hilary Fabian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dunlop, Aline-Wendy, 1946-

Fabian, Hilary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First day of school.

Early childhood education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Explores early transitions from a variety of international perspectives. This book examines issues such as: parental involvement in the transition to school; children's voices on the transition to primary school; and the construction of identity in the early years. It is aimed at early years students, practitioners, policy makers and researchers.

Contents:

Front Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. Informing Transitions; MODELS OF TRANSITION; Chapter 2. Enhancing the competence of transition systems through co-construction; Chapter 3. Horizontal transitions: what can it mean for children in the early school years?; Chapter 4. The construction of different identities within an early childhood centre:a case study; CHILDREN EXPERIENCING TRANSITION; Chapter 5. Transitions in children's thinking Stig Brostro ̈m

Chapter 6. Children's voices on the transition from preschool to primary schoolChapter 7. Children's transition to school: changing expectations; PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS SUPPORTING TRANSITIONS; Chapter 8. Understanding and supporting children: shaping transition practices; Chapter 9. Parent involvement in the transition to school; Chapter 10. Expectations: effects of curriculum change as viewed by children, parents and practitioners; CONCLUSION; Chapter 11. Bridging research, policy and practice; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-12922-4

9786611129224

0-335-22970-0

OCLC:

245521908