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Pedagogies of Educational Transition: Current Emphases and Future Directions

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Pedagogies of Educational Transitions

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In exploring the pedagogies of educational transitions, the chapters in this book reflect both the personal and collective nature of transitions. While transitions are experienced by individuals, they occur within social, educational, community, political, economic and institutional frames, involving children and families in expanding sets of relationships. Examining experiences of transition not only illuminates the potential influences in individual lives but also contributes to our collective understandings of transition. As a result, we can highlight the journeys of transition for individual children and families and discuss the shared transition experiences of children in Sweden as they move from preschool to the preschool class and then to school, challenges in recognising diversity and promoting inclusion in different contexts, the experiences of Indigenous children as they start school in Australia and New Zealand, implications for children as they experience different pedagogical and curriculum approaches across preschool and school in Iceland and the potential of transitions as a focus for change in Scotland.

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  1. Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia

    Sue Dockett

  2. Research Institue for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE), Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia

    Bob Perry

  3. Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden

    Anders Garpelin

  4. University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Jóhanna Einarsdóttir

  5. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Sally Peters

  6. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

    Aline-Wendy Dunlop

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Dockett, S., Perry, B., Garpelin, A., Einarsdóttir, J., Peters, S., Dunlop, AW. (2017). Pedagogies of Educational Transition: Current Emphases and Future Directions. In: Ballam, N., Perry, B., Garpelin, A. (eds) Pedagogies of Educational Transitions . International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43118-5_17

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