International perspectives on transition to school : reconceptualising beliefs, policy and practice / edited by Kay Margetts and Anna Kienig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kienig, Anna.

Margetts, Kay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Readiness for school.

Education, Elementary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With increasing attention given by governments and policy makers to children's transition to school, and the associated need for educators, families and communities to be supported in the process, changes are often required to existing structures and pedagogy. This book is framed around the notion of transition as a time of change for those involved in the transition process and as a time for reconceptualising beliefs, policy and practice. It explores transition from a number of international perspectives and raises issues around the coherence of:

Contents:

Cover; International Perspectives on Transition to School; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; 1 A conceptual framework for transition; Part II Policy, curriculum frameworks and practice; 2 The transition from preschool to primary school in Ireland: A time of change; 3 Children's transition from kindergarten to primary school; 4 Inclusion and transition to school in Australia; Part III Outcomes for children and children's perspectives; 5 Towards successful transitions

6 Transition to school: Contemporary Danish perspectives7 Transition from preschool to primary school in Iceland from the perspectives of children; 8 What new children need to know: Children's perspectives of starting school; Part IV Roles, expectations and experiences of families; 9 The development of parents in their first child's transition to primary school; 10 Families and the transition to school; 11 Reconceptualising the inter-relationship between social policy and practice: Scottish parents' perspectives; Part V Reframing transition and curriculum

12 Curriculum as a tool for change in transitions practices: Transitions practices as a tool for changing curriculumPart VI Conclusions; 13 Beliefs, policy and practice: Challenges; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 24, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-27995-4

1-136-27996-2

0-203-11180-X

9780203111802

OCLC:

851971949