Some Misunderstandings of School Readiness

Autor/in	Elkind, David
Titel	Some Misunderstandings of School Readiness
Quelle	In: Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, (2008) 180, S.49-52 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0164-8527
Schlagwörter	School Readiness; Kindergarten; Grade 1; Numeracy; Literacy; Developmental Stages; Misconceptions; Play; High Risk Students; Reading Skills; Mathematics Skills; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Rechenkompetenz; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Missverständnis; Spiel; Problemschüler; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	The phrase "school readiness" was, until recently, most often used in connection with a child's preparedness to meet the demands of a first grade classroom. With the contemporary push down of the curriculum, readiness is now taken to mean the child's preparedness to meet the demands of kindergarten. Whether in regard to first grade or kindergarten, this way of thinking assumes that school readiness resides entirely in the child's head. It also assumes that readiness is primarily academic, namely, knowing one's letters and numbers. In addition, readiness is often taken to mean that a child has acquired his or her knowledge of numbers and letters through one or another form of academic instruction. Finally, another interpretation of readiness is that it is a matter of maturation and is related to age. While all of these ideas about readiness are understandable, they happen to be incorrect. In this article, the author discusses these misunderstandings of what readiness is all about. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10