Families and Transition to School

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Transition to School: A Family Affair....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Transition to Being Parents of a School-Child: Parental Perspective on Coping of Parents and Child Nine Months After School Start....Pages 21-36
Giving Voice to Families from Immigrant and Refugee Backgrounds During Transition to School....Pages 37-49
Hope, Despair and Everything in Between – Parental Expectations of Educational Transition for Young Children with Intellectual Disability....Pages 51-66
‘Everybody Has Got Their Own Story’: Urban Aboriginal Families and the Transition to School....Pages 67-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Primary School Choice and the ‘Good’ Mother: Balancing Complex Support Needs and Responsibility....Pages 85-100
Connected Dynamics: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Family Life and the Transition to School....Pages 101-116
‘I Had a Grandfather Who Taught Me Everything’: Grandparents as Family Capital in Transition to School....Pages 117-129
School Choice and Parent Involvement Among Australian Children Starting School....Pages 131-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Parents’ Emotional and Academic Attitudes Towards Children’s Transition to Preschool Class – Dimensions of School Readiness and Continuity....Pages 147-161
Transition to School from the Perspective of the Girls’ and Boys’ Parents....Pages 163-173
Are We All Talking the Same Language? Parents, Practitioners and Teachers Preparing Children to Start School....Pages 175-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Preparing to Start School: Parent and Early Childhood Educator Narratives....Pages 195-210
Partnering in the Periphery....Pages 211-224
The Transition to Primary School as a Challenge for Parents....Pages 225-242
Partnerships or Relationships: The Perspectives of Families and Educators....Pages 243-257
Families and Transition: Transition and Families....Pages 259-271