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Article: Children's views and children's voices in starting school.
- Article from:
- Australian Journal of Early Childhood
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Introduction
Starting compulsory schooling is an important time for all involved. Much has been written about assessing children's readiness for school (May & Kundert, 1997), their adjustment to school (Hadley, Wilcox & Rice, 1994) and differences in adult perceptions of readiness for school (Harradine & Clifford, 1996). However, comparatively little research has considered the views, perceptions and expectations of young children as they start school (for exceptions, see Brostrom, 1995; Clyde, 2001).
Early findings of the Starting School Research Project indicated a clear difference in the perspectives of the children and adults involved in transition ...