1st Edition
Listening to Children's Advice about Starting School and School Age Care
Foreword: introduction to the EECERA Book Series by Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram
About the Contributors and Editors
Chapter 1 Children’s perspectives of transition to school: Exploring possibilities - Jóhanna Einarsdóttir, Sue Dockett, Bob Perry
Chapter 2 Communities of children in the transition from kindergarten to school - Anja Hvidtfeldt Stanek
Chapter 3 Children's agency in transition experiences: Understanding possibilities and challenges - Daniela Jadue
Chapter 4 Transitions as a two-way window: Separation and adjustment in transition through the eyes of children starting school - Helena Ackesjö
Chapter 5 Different transitions: Children’s different experiences of the transition to school - Lina Lago
Chapter 6 Following children’s advice on transitions from preschool to primary school - Sara M. Ólafsdóttir, Jóhanna Einarsdóttir
Chapter 7 Children’s views on their learning in preschool and school – Reflections and influence on practice - Stig Broström
Chapter 8 Connecting school and leisure-time centre: Children as brokers - Kolbrún Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir
Chapter 9 Children’s voices as a bridge between educators in kindergarten and teachers in primary school: Potential of children’s perspectives to support professional development - Petra Büker, Julia Höke
Chapter 10 Children’s voices about transition processes: Strategic adaptation and civic resilience - Julia Oliveira Formosinho, Joao Formosinho
Chapter 11 From research to practice: Continuing the conversation - Sue Dockett, Bob Perry, Jóhanna Einarsdóttir
Index
Biography
Sue Dockett is Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood Education at the School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Johanna Einarsdottir is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the School of Education, University of Iceland.
Bob Perry is Emeritus Professor at the School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Australia.
