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Families and Transition to School

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Editors:
  1. Sue Dockett

    1. School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Albury-Wodonga, Australia

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  2. Wilfried Griebel

    1. State Institute of Early Childhood Research (IFP), Munich, Germany

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  3. Bob Perry

    1. School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Albury-Wodonga, Australia

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  • Brings together leaders in the field and inspiring mid and early career researchers from eight countries
  • Addresses issues that resonate for researchers, educators and policy makers
  • Presents theoretical approaches and considers the application of these in diverse contexts
  • Makes a major contribution to understanding the impact of families on the transition to school and of transition to school on families

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Transition to School: A Family Affair

    • Sue Dockett, Wilfried Griebel, Bob Perry
    Pages 1-18

  3. Experiences and Expectations of Families as Children Start School

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Transition to Being Parents of a School-Child: Parental Perspective on Coping of Parents and Child Nine Months After School Start

      • Wilfried Griebel, Andreas Wildgruber, Andrea Schuster, Julia Radan
      Pages 21-36

    3. Giving Voice to Families from Immigrant and Refugee Backgrounds During Transition to School

      • Katey De Gioia
      Pages 37-49

    4. Hope, Despair and Everything in Between – Parental Expectations of Educational Transition for Young Children with Intellectual Disability

      • Jenny Wilder, Anne Lillvist
      Pages 51-66

    5. ‘Everybody Has Got Their Own Story’: Urban Aboriginal Families and the Transition to School

      • Catherine Kaplun, Rebekah Grace, Jenny Knight, Jane Anderson, Natasha West, Holly Mack et al.
      Pages 67-82

  6. Relationships and Collaboration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Preparing to Start School: Parent and Early Childhood Educator Narratives

      • Joanne S. Lehrer, Nathalie Bigras, Isabelle Laurin
      Pages 195-210

    3. Partnering in the Periphery

      • Wendy Goff
      Pages 211-224

    4. The Transition to Primary School as a Challenge for Parents

      • Petra Hanke, Johanna Backhaus, Andrea Bogatz, Majdah Dogan
      Pages 225-242
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About this book

This collection addresses issues related to families and transition, and pays special attention to the transition to school, the effect of this on the family, as well as the effect of the family on that transition. It celebrates the roles of families, locating them as integral partners in time of transition and identifying a variety of ways in which families and educators can work together with children to promote positive transitions. The book draws on a range of theoretical frameworks and research projects to provide multiple perspectives of family involvement in education, family-educator partnerships, the nature of collaboration, issues for families in marginalised or complex circumstances, as well as the multiple intersections of families and transition processes. The research projects reported range from in-depth case studies to the analysis of large-scale data sets and all have multiple messages for practitioners, policy makers and researchers as they seek ways to engage with families as their children start school.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Albury-Wodonga, Australia

    Sue Dockett, Bob Perry

  • State Institute of Early Childhood Research (IFP), Munich, Germany

    Wilfried Griebel

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