"You Need to Know How to Play Safe": Children's Experiences of Starting School

Autor/inn/en	Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob
Titel	"You Need to Know How to Play Safe": Children's Experiences of Starting School
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 6 (2005) 1, S.4-18 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1463-9491
DOI	10.2304/ciec.2005.6.1.7
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Photography; Freehand Drawing; Group Discussion; Student Adjustment; Student Experience; Expectation; Books; Educational Environment; Friendship; Playgrounds; School Buildings; Knowledge Level; Skills; Family Relationship; Student Characteristics; Kindergarten; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fotografie; Drawing; Zeichnen; Gruppendiskussion; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Studienerfahrung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Freundschaft; Playground; Spielplatz; School building; Schulgebäude; Wissensbasis; Skill; Fertigkeit; Australien
Abstract	Children have long been "objects of inquiry", that is, research has been "done" on children. Research into starting school is but one example, where children have been observed, tested and assessed at various points, as a means of evaluating their adjustment to the school environment. The Starting School Research Project aims to record and report the realities of life for children as they start school through their engagement in the research process. It aims to find out from them, what starting school is like for children and, based on this, how what is done within transition programs can be improved. This aim recognises children as experts on their own lives, and acknowledges that adults often have a limited understanding of children's lives and experiences. This article highlights children's expertise about their own experiences and expectations as they start school. It draws upon children's conversations, drawings, and photographs to describe their understandings and experiences. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01