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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Barriers Facing to the Implementation of Transition Practices in Greek Kindergartens
Efthymia, Gourgiotou
International Online Journal of Primary Education, v7 n2 p1-16 2018
Last years the process of transition from kindergarten to primary school has attracted considerable attention as a research topic in Greece. The purpose of this research, which had a sample of 1225 teachers and 1052 parents, was the investigation of their views about the barriers they face in implementing transition practices. The views' research was achieved through the use of a questionnaire. The result analysis indicated that there are many crucial barriers which complicate the transition process. Indicatively, we refer lack of continuity between the two institutions, lack of communication and cooperation between kindergarten and primary teachers, between teachers and parents, insufficient in-service training for teachers, the quality of the relationship with the teacher, the distance between the two institutions etc.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Institutional Cooperation, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Inservice Teacher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Teacher Characteristics, Age Differences, Teaching Experience, Educational Attainment, Teacher Education, Parents, Individual Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status, Public Schools, Private Schools, Special Education
International Online Journal of Primary Education. e-mail: editor.online.iojpe@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.iojpe.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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