The Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School, as Experienced by Teachers, Parents and Children in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Chan, Wai Ling
Titel	The Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School, as Experienced by Teachers, Parents and Children in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 180 (2010) 7, S.973-993 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Interviews; Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Parent Role; Transitional Programs; Articulation (Education); Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Observation; Early Childhood Education; Partnerships in Education; Student Experience; Teaching Experience; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Parental role; Elternrolle; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Beobachtung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Studienerfahrung; Hongkong
Abstract	This study investigates the transition from kindergarten to primary school through the experiences of the teachers, parents and children involved. Emphasis is given to the transitional activities participated in by the stakeholders and the effectiveness of these activities. These experiences of children's transition to school will inform further research into the design of effective transition programmes in the local context. The means of investigation in this study include questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and observations. The results show that the teachers and parents generally believed that the children performed quite well academically, although the primary school teachers reported that they were average in discipline. The findings from both the questionnaires and the interviews show that most of the respondents agreed that strong connections between kindergarten, primary school and parents could facilitate a smoother transition to school. However, in reality, both kindergarten and primary school teachers showed ignorance of each other's teaching practices and curriculum. (Contains 11 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10