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In this chapter, we introduce a book on the transition to school in Latin American countries. This book showcases some of the quality work that researchers from Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico have done in this field, reflecting how the transition to primary school is experienced and how Latin American educational policies and cultural practices shape such an important process for stakeholders. The book offers the English-speaking world first-hand access to some Latin American transitions research, practices, and policies. The chapters in the book are also framed by the COVID-19 pandemic which placed the world in a global health emergency. The authors of the chapters themselves faced a number of challenges as a result of the pandemic when writing this material. It is our hope that this book will trigger future international collaborations between researchers, policy makers, and practitioners interested in transitions which could help produce a wealth of empirical evidence to inform educational policies and transitions practices across the world. This chapter introduces the reader to all the chapters in the book.
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Urbina-García, A., Jindal-Snape, D., Perry, B., Dockett, S., García-Cabrero, B. (2022). Transition to School in Latin American Countries: Introducing some Perspectives and Experiences. In: Urbina-García, A., Perry, B., Dockett, S., Jindal-Snape, D., García-Cabrero, B. (eds) Transitions to School: Perspectives and Experiences from Latin America. International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98935-4_1
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