ERIC Number: EJ1137233
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Children's Transitions to School: "So What about the Parents?" or "So, What about the Parents?"
Webb, Grant; Knight, Bruce Allen; Busch, Gillian
International Journal of Early Years Education, v25 n2 p204-217 2017
Children progress through a number of life transitions and each is a pivotal point of development and growth for them, their parents and family members. Through a review of the literature, the Bioecological Model will be used to frame childhood transitions as highly social, contextualised and political. This paper will assert that governments, schools and educators have an increased role in supporting parents with their changing roles, responsibilities and relationships as their child transitions to school and that schools need to provide space for parents to share their own transition to school narratives in order to better understand the effect these stories may have on the transition process for them and their children. Finally, schools and systems will be challenged to engage in a strengths-based approach to support parents at this pivotal time in their own and their child's growth and development and call for increased research to identify ways in which this can occur within respectful, collaborative and agentic relationships.
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Transitional Programs, Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Attitudes, Emotional Response
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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