Description |
xvi, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Series |
International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; volume 9 |
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International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; volume 9
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Contents |
1. Theorising Transition: Shifts and Tensions / Bob Perry -- pt. I Building on Bioecological Perspectives -- 2. Readings of Media Accounts of Transition to School in Iceland / Johanna Einarsdottir -- 3. Thinking About Transitions: One Framework or Many? Populating the Theoretical Model Over Time / Aline-Wendy Dunlop -- 4. Multiple Influences on Children's Transition to School / Elizabeth Murray -- 5. Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Influences on School Transition / Linda J. Harrison -- 6. Transition and Adjustment to School / Kay Margetts -- 7. Transitions and Emergent Writers / Noella Mackenzie -- pt. II Borderlands, Life Course and Rites of Passage -- 8. Chasms, Bridges and Borderlands: A Transitions Research ̀Across the Border' from Early Childhood Education to School in New Zealand / Sally Peters -- 9. Transition to School: A Rite of Passage in Life / Anders Garpelin -- 10. A Sociocultural Approach to Children in the Transition from Home to Kindergarten / Mei Seung Lam -- 11. Experienced and Recalled Transition: Starting School as Part of Life History / Tuija Turunen -- pt. III Critical Perspectives -- 12. The Relation of Research on Readiness to Research/Practice of Transitions / June Reineke -- 13. Social Justice Dimensions of Starting School / Bob Perry -- 14. Transition to School: Normative or Relative? / Sue Dockett -- 15. Critical Theory and Inclusive Transitions to School / Anne Petriwskyj -- pt. IV Connecting Theory, Research, Policy and Practice -- 16. Starting School: Synthesis and Analysis / Susanne Rogers -- 17. The Wollongong Transition to School Experience: A Big Step for Children, Families and the Community / Shabnam Hinton -- 18. Transitions, Inclusion and Information Technology / Margaret Cotman -- 19. Building Connections Around Transition: Partnerships and Resources for Inclusion / Marge Arnup |
Summary |
"This book provides an important compilation and synthesis of current work in transition to school research. The book focuses strongly on the theoretical underpinnings of research in transition to school." -- Back cover |
Analysis |
Australian |
Notes |
Includes QR code |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Education, Primary -- Research.
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Readiness for school.
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Author |
Dockett, Susan, editor
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Perry, Bob, 1945- editor
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Petriwskyj, Anne, editor
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LC no. |
2013950418 |
ISBN |
9400773498 |
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9789400773493 |
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