Universal Access to Preschool Education: Approaches to Integrating Preschool with School in Rural and Remote Communities

Autor/inn/en	Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob
Titel	Universal Access to Preschool Education: Approaches to Integrating Preschool with School in Rural and Remote Communities
Quelle	In: Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 34 (2014) 4, S.420-435 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-5146
DOI	10.1080/09575146.2014.968100
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Access to Education; Preschool Education; Rural Schools; Elementary Schools; Integrated Curriculum; Elementary School Curriculum; Preschool Curriculum; Teacher Collaboration; Preschool Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrerkooperation; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschule; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Australien
Abstract	In 2012, the government of South Australia responded to Federal agreements aimed at universal access to preschool education for children in the year before starting formal schooling by introducing a trial designed to "integrate" preschool children into first year of school programmes in rural and remote areas of the state. This paper reports on the evaluation of this trial, exploring the ways in which integration was interpreted and implemented in eight rural and/or remote sites, the perceived value of collaboration in planning integrated provision and the ways in which two new curriculum documents--one for the prior-to-school years and the other for compulsory school--influenced the delivery of integrated preschool-school programmes. Results identify several types of integration, highlight some of the challenges of collaboration in integrating preschool with school and share the caution of educators about the push down of school curriculum into preschool contexts. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10