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Beyond the Preschool Years: Children’s Perceptions About Starting Kindergarten
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This article describes a research study that investigated three‐ and four‐year‐old Canadian preschool children’s perceptions about starting kindergarten. Findings from 33 focus‐group discussions suggest that children begin to formulate ideas about starting kindergarten prior to school entry. Children’s responses were grouped according to three themes, play versus academic activities and homework; getting bigger but still needing help; and rules. Overall, the responses highlighted their expectations regarding continuity and discontinuity between the two environments. These findings support the position that children should be given the opportunity to contribute to the planning of transition practices.
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“the average number of children per focus group in the Di Santo and Berman (2012) study was three, with the smallest being two and the largest consisting of nine participants.”
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“These group sizes were reflective of the challenges of recruitment, such as withdrawal from the research and absenteeism on the day the focus group was conducted.”
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Berman, R., & MacNevin, M. (2023) · doi:10.32920/21909258
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- Authors
- Di Santo, A., & Berman, R.
- Affiliations
- Toronto Metropolitan University (CA)
- ORCID
- Berman, Rachel
- Venue
- Children & Society
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-02-17
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 469-479
- ISSN
- 0951-0605 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0860
- OpenAlex
- W2162984010
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 6.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Children & Society (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Children's Rights and Participation
- Social Sciences › Education › Education Methods and Practices
- Keywords
- transition to kindergarten, preschool children, children's perceptions, school entry, continuity and discontinuity, homework, rules, transition planning, children's participation
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