Transitions to School - International Research, Policy and Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Theorising Transition: Shifts and Tensions....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Readings of Media Accounts of Transition to School in Iceland....Pages 21-30
Thinking About Transitions: One Framework or Many? Populating the Theoretical Model Over Time....Pages 31-46
Multiple Influences on Children’s Transition to School....Pages 47-59
Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Influences on School Transition....Pages 61-74
Transition and Adjustment to School....Pages 75-87
Transitions and Emergent Writers....Pages 89-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Chasms, Bridges and Borderlands: A Transitions Research ‘Across the Border’ from Early Childhood Education to School in New Zealand....Pages 105-116
Transition to School: A Rite of Passage in Life....Pages 117-128
A Sociocultural Approach to Children in the Transition from Home to Kindergarten....Pages 129-144
Experienced and Recalled Transition: Starting School as Part of Life History....Pages 145-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
The Relation of Research on Readiness to Research/Practice of Transitions....Pages 159-173
Social Justice Dimensions of Starting School....Pages 175-186
Transition to School: Normative or Relative?....Pages 187-200
Critical Theory and Inclusive Transitions to School....Pages 201-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Starting School: Synthesis and Analysis....Pages 219-227
The Wollongong Transition to School Experience: A Big Step for Children, Families and the Community....Pages 229-247
Transitions, Inclusion and Information Technology....Pages 249-260
Building Connections Around Transition: Partnerships and Resources for Inclusion....Pages 261-276
Research to Policy: Transition to School Position Statement....Pages 277-294