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Title Transitions to school : international research, policy and practice / Bob Perry, Sue Dockett, Anne Petriwskyj, editors
Published Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
©2014

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Description xvi, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; volume 9
International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; volume 9
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.
Readiness for school.
Author Dockett, Susan, editor
Perry, Bob, 1945- editor
Petriwskyj, Anne, editor
LC no. 2013950418
ISBN 9400773498
9789400773493