Expectations for the transition from kindergarten to primary school amongst teachers, parents and children

Expectations for the transition from kindergarten to primary school amongst teachers, parents and children

• Chan, Wai Ling Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Early Child Development and Care, 182(5), 639-664, 2012

Routledge

2012

• N 學生與學生服務
  • NC 學生特徵和境況；學生意見與態度、學生適應問題
• A 人的成長與發展
  • AG 兒童成長與保健
• A 人的成長與發展
  • AF 家庭與成長、家庭關係、生育與育嬰、家庭教育、家長參與
• M 教師與教師教育
  • MG 教育工作人員之身份認同、態度與意見
• Q 教育體系與各級學校
  • QC 小學教育
• Q 教育體系與各級學校
  • QB 小學前之教育、育兒設施、母嬰保健設施

Child Development Developmental Continuity Teacher Attitudes Pupil Attitudes Parent Attitudes Expectation Effective Transitional Programmes Primary Education Preschool Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• 小學教育

This paper reports the results of a study concerning the expectations for the transition from kindergarten to primary school amongst teachers, parents and children in Hong Kong. It probes the expectations that teachers and parents have about children's competence in five specific areas of child development thought to be essential for a smooth such transition, as well as children's competence in these different developmental areas and their performance upon the transition to primary school. The study's data were obtained through questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and classroom observations, and its results will serve as a reference for evaluation of existing transitional practices and the design of effective transition programmes in the local context. Children's voices and their observed performance during the transition period indicate that they have varied expectations of the transition. Parents, in contrast, have high expectations for their children's academic ability and self-discipline. Both primary school teachers and the parents of kindergartners rank pre-academic skills as the most important developmental area, whereas kindergarten teachers rank them as the least important. Most of the adult respondents in this study agree that a stronger connection amongst kindergartens, primary schools and parents would facilitate a smoother transition to primary school.
[Copyright of Early Child Development and Care is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2011.569543]

• 英文

期刊論文

• 03004430

• 10.1080/03004430.2011.569543

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/c3c83d07

2014-01-18