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Professional Linkages at the Transition to School: Boundaries and Linked Ecologies
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Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
The transition to school brings early childhood and school educators together in the common aim of promoting a positive start to school. This transition also highlights the boundaries and professional linkages that contribute to this aim. Conceptualising boundary spaces as sites of professional identity construction and negotiation, we explore…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Professional Identity, Ecology
"How 'Bout We Have a Celebration!" Advice from Children on Starting School
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Perry, Bob; Dockett, Sue – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
The first part of this article reports a project in which children were consulted about ways to improve transition to school. Children from 14 schools and prior-to-school settings collaborated with their peers and teachers to plan, implement and document transition to school. Children attending school reflected on their own experiences while…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cooperative Planning, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten
Ready To Learn: Exploring the Concept of School Readiness and Its Implications.
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Perry, Bob; Dockett, Sue; Tracey, Danielle – 1998
In recent years, there have been calls in many countries to ensure that children come to school "ready to learn." This study explored what is meant by this term by different groups of people and the ways in which the beliefs underpinning such a term influence decisions such as when children start school, the classes they enter, and…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Readiness