| Description |
1 online resource (179 pages) |
| Series |
International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; v. 37 |
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International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; v. 37.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- About the Editors -- Chapter 1: Transition to School in Latin American Countries: Introducing some Perspectives and Experiences -- Rationale for This Book -- Brief Overview of COVID-19 and Related Challenges in Latin America -- Importance of Transitions to School and Its Conceptualisation -- Education Systems in Chile, Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba -- Chile -- Brazil -- Mexico -- Cuba -- Policies Supporting Transitions to School in the Four Latin American Countries -- Conclusions -- References |
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Chapter 2: Three Transitions in the Chilean Early Childhood Years -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework -- Organisation of the Chilean Education System -- From Home to Preschool -- From Preschool to Transition Level 1 -- From Transition Level 1 to First Grade -- Efforts to Ease Transitions -- Women Labour Laws -- Chile Grows with You -- National System of Quality Assurance -- Creation of the Vice-Ministry of Early Childhood Education -- Educators/Teachers Ladder -- Transitions Decree -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References |
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Chapter 3: Background on Continuities and Discontinuities in the Transition from Early Childhood Education to Primary: The Chilean Case -- Introduction -- Early Educational Transitions in Contexts of School Standardisation and Accountability: Understanding the Risks of Schoolification -- Continuities and Discontinuities in the Institutional Arrangements: Policies and Regulations -- Institutions -- Providers -- Staff -- The Curricular Assemblages of the Early Childhood and Primary School Levels -- The Curricular Structure -- The Curricular Assemblage -- The Importance of Pedagogy |
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The Learning Objectives -- Personal, Social, and Emotional Development -- Pedagogical Practices in ECEC Versus Primary Education -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Lessons Learnt on the Transition from Preschool to Primary School in Mexico -- Introduction -- The Transition to School in Mexico: Educational System and Social Context in Mexico -- How Transitions Operate Within the Mexican System: A Web of Discontinuities? -- Children's Transition: A Follow-Up Study from Preschool to 5th Grade of Primary School -- Participants -- Measures -- Results -- Models of Data Analyses |
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Recent Studies on the Transition from Preschool to School in Mexico -- The Effectiveness of a Transition Program -- and How Headteachers/Teachers View the Transition -- Measures -- Intervention -- Results -- Research Design -- Results -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Characteristics of Cuba's Early Childhood Educational and Scientific Experience -- Early Childhood Education in Cuba -- Cuban Educational Policy on the Process of Transition to Primary Education -- Approach to the Characterisation of the Cuban Preschool Child. A Look at Scientific Research |
| Summary |
This book showcases the quality work that Latin American researchers have done on transition to school in Latin American countries by offering the English-speaking world, first-hand access to some Latin American transitions research, practices, and policies. This book shows the work carried out in countries such as Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico with regards to the way in which the transition to primary school is experienced from different stakeholders' perspectives, and how Latin American educational policies and cultural practices shape such an important process for stakeholders. This book was importantly framed by the COVID-19 pandemic which placed the world in a global health emergency, and 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. Building networks where diverse experiences are valued and respected, as well as analysed, can help provide a platform that supports educators and researchers as they continue their work and branch out in new and challenging directions |
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Methodology and Procedure |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 12, 2022) |
| Subject |
Early childhood education -- Latin America
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early childhood education.
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Early childhood education
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Educació infantil.
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Latin America
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Amèrica Llatina.
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| Genre/Form |
Llibres electrònics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Urbina-García, Angel
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Perry, Bob, 1945-
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Dockett, Sue.
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Jindal-Snape, Divya.
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García-Cabrero, Benilde.
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| ISBN |
3030989356 |
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9783030989354 |
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