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

Other author Margetts, Kay, editor.
Other author Kienig, Anna, editor.
Format Book
PublicationLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Descriptionxiv, 160 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents A conceptual framework for transition / Kay Margetts and Anna Kienig -- The transition from preschool to primary school in Ireland: a time of change / Mary O'Kane -- Children's transition from kindergarten to primary school / Anna Kienig -- Inclusion and transition to school in Australia / Anne Petriwskyj -- Towards successful transitions: a conceptual framework / Hilary Fabian -- Transition to school: contemporary Danish perspectives / Anders Skriver Jensen, Ole Henrik Hansen & Stig Brostrøm -- Transition from preschool to primary school in Iceland from the perspectives of children / Johanna Einarsdottir -- What new children need to know: children's perspectives of starting school / Kay Margetts -- The development of parents in their first child's transition to primary school / Wilfried Griebel & Renate Niesel -- Families and the transition to school / Sue Dockett and Bob Perry -- Reconceptualising the inter-relationship between social policy and practice: Scottish parents' perspectives / Divya Jindal-Snape & Elizabeth Hannah -- Curriculum as a tool for change in transitions practices: Transitions practices as a tool for changing curriculum / Aline-Wendy Dunlop -- Beliefs, Policy and Practice: Challenges / Anna Kienig and Kay Margetts.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2012047050
ISBN9780415536127 (hardback)
ISBN041553612X (hardback)
ISBN9780415536134 (pbk.)
ISBN0415536138 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks LB1132 .I58 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold