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Perry, Bob; Dockett, Sue – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
The first part of this article reports a project in which children were consulted about ways to improve transition to school. Children from 14 schools and prior-to-school settings collaborated with their peers and teachers to plan, implement and document transition to school. Children attending school reflected on their own experiences while…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cooperative Planning, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten
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Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob; Kearney, Emma; Hampshire, Anne; Mason, Jan; Schmied, Virginia – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2009
This article draws on an Australian project engaging with families with complex support needs as their children start school. The project itself is focused on developing collaborative research relationships between families, community support agencies and researchers with the aim of investigating what happens for families during the transition to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethics, Researchers, Research Methodology
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Einarsdottir, Johanna; Perry, Bob; Dockett, Sue – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2008
This paper is the result of collaboration among early childhood education researchers from different cultures on opposite sides of the globe. The project sought to identify what practitioners in both preschool and primary school settings in Iceland and Australia regarded as successful transition to school practices. Independently developed surveys…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Cross Cultural Studies