Crossing the cultural boundary from home to kindergarten in Hong Kong: A case study of a child's strategic actions

Crossing the cultural boundary from home to kindergarten in Hong Kong: A case study of a child's strategic actions

• Lam, Mei Seung Michelle Hong Kong Institute of Education

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 17(1), 125-145, 2009

Routledge

2009

• 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
• R 教育政策與管理
  • RE 學校內部管理、學校與家長之關係
• 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

Case Studies Early Childhood Education Nursery Schools Kindergarten Home & School Parent-Teacher Relationships Hong Kong China Adaptation Play and Learning Sociocultural Theory Strategic Actions Transition to Kindergarten

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• 學前教育

Transition from home to kindergarten is the first and major ecological transition in children's educational lives in Hong Kong. In this transition, children cross a cultural boundary from home to kindergarten and start to learn about 'school' as a place to learn and about themselves as 'pupils' in kindergarten. The conceptual framework of this paper is developed from sociocultural theory and select literature on rites of passage and pupil career. Descriptive data were mainly collected from participant observations, semi-structured interviews, photovoice and review of documents. Utilising the conceptual framework, this paper describes and analyses the story of a three-year-old girl's playing and learning experiences, strategic actions and adaptation outcomes during the transition from home to kindergarten in Hong Kong. Her pattern of strategic actions fell into the dimensions of non-conformity, redefinition and adaptation, but most often fell into the dimension of non-conformity, that is, being independent with respect to formal school expectations. Her preferred strategic actions included watching, being slow to respond, ignoring, withdrawal, gentle refusal, operating in alternative ways, negotiating and following the practice and expectation of the class.
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• 英文

期刊論文

• 1350293X

• 10.1080/13502930802689095

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/cf613c29

2010-11-24