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Boyle, Tess; Petriwskyj, Anne; Grieshaber, Susan – Australian Educational Researcher, 2018
This paper makes a case for conceptualising transitions from the before school sector to the compulsory years of schooling as continuity practices. It begins by presenting an overview and critique of constructions of transitions to school that contribute to contemporary discourses and agendas (e.g. the conflation of transitions and readiness).…
Descriptors: Models, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Criticism
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Taylor, C. A.; Harris-Evans, J. – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This article draws on the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari to reconceptualise transition to Higher Education. In doing so it contributes a new theoretical approach to understanding transition to Higher Education which largely remains under-theorised, uncritical and taken-for-granted. Drawing on data from two projects, the article activates…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Philosophy, Critical Incidents Method, Student Adjustment
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Trotman, Dave; Enow, Linda; Tucker, Stan – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
This article reports the findings of four separately commissioned evaluations of alternative provision (AP) undertaken in three local authorities in the UK. The evaluations were specifically predicated on the principles of children's rights and used a combination of qualitative research methods and documentary analysis to elicit the experiences of…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, School Districts, Foreign Countries, Referral
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Jadue Roa, Daniela Sofía; Whitebread, David; Gareca Guzmán, Benjamín – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
This article evidences the existing inter-relations between the rights perspective, the listening approach and participatory research with children, emphasising its contributions to the ECEC research field. Specifically, the contributions of visual participatory research in the field of early years transitions are discussed to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Kindergarten
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Garlick, Steve – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
While it is accepted that there are "sensitive" and "critical" periods of life during which certain human capabilities are more readily acquired, and where the multiplied returns on our investment in human capability building are more significant, it is also argued that there are place-based contexts (society, nature, culture,…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Human Capital, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Developmental Tasks
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Dobson, Tom – English in Education, 2015
Focusing on the creative writing of Year 6 boys as they make the transition to Year 7, this article establishes a theoretical model for creative writing as response. In line with Bakhtin's notion of utterances as 'interpersonal' (1986), the model demonstrates the complexity of creative writing -- the text is influencing of and influenced by an…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Writing Instruction, Self Concept, Males
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Hallett, Fiona; Armstrong, David – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
Laying the foundations for an effective transition into independent adulthood is widely perceived as a key priority for practice with children/young people who have Autistic Spectrum Conditions. However, theory and research indicate that, for those children affected, autism often prevents the acquisition, development and expression of key…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Skill Development, Daily Living Skills
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Pfeiffer, Jens P.; Pinquart, Martin – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
This study compared the achievement of developmental tasks by 158 adolescents with visual impairments to that of 158 sighted adolescents. The groups did not differ in the fulfillment of 9 of 11 tasks. However, those with visual impairments were less successful in peer-group integration and forming intimate relationships. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Intimacy, Adolescents, Developmental Tasks
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O'Mara, Joanne; Laidlaw, Linda – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2011
In this article we document observations of our own young children's usage of technology in their "out-of-school" worlds. How might these technologies and practices be changing the understandings and usage of texts and literacies of the children who enter into classroom spaces? What transformative possibilities might these home technology…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Expertise, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
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Scharf, Miri; Mayseless, Ofra; Kivenson-Baron, Inbal – Developmental Psychology, 2004
The association between attachment representations and adolescents' coping with 3 developmental tasks of emerging adulthood-leaving home, advancing in the capacity for mature intimacy, and developing individuation-was examined. Israeli male adolescents (N = 88) were administered the Adult Attachment Interview during their high-school senior year.…
Descriptors: Military Service, Intimacy, Developmental Tasks, Coping