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This article looks at ways of bridging the discontinuities young children experience between three settings: the home environment, the early childhood setting, and the new entrant classroom. It...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article looks at ways of bridging the discontinuities young children experience between three settings: the home environment, the early childhood setting, and the new entrant classroom. It...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
When young children move from one educational setting to another, it is important to understand the context of their prior experiences. Most children starting primary school have already experienced...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
When young children move from one educational setting to another, it is important to understand the context of their prior experiences. Most children starting primary school have already experienced...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
The requirement to report school entry assessment data to the Ministry of Education makes SEA a high stakes activity. But how well is it working? In this study, all teachers raised concerns such as...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A fascinating insight into how children learn "to do school". This study identifies the ways in which children make use of peer modelling and assistance as they first adjust to the classroom climate...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A fascinating insight into how children learn “to do school”. This study identifies the ways in which children make use of peer modelling and assistance as first they adjust to the classroom climate...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
In a child's eyes starting school is a rite of passage, associated with increased status. Children even link physical growth with this enhanced status - one boy said, 'I bet I grow a couple of inches...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Starting school is a major life event for all involved: children, families, preschool educators, and school staff. All groups engage in a range of activities designed to make the time of transition...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Starting school need not be traumatic, especially if schools and early childhood centres are aware of the factors most likely to cause problems for children adjusting to the new situation. Reprinted...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article