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Researching Memories about Starting School: Autobiographical Narratives as a Methodological Approach
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Turunen, Tuija A.; Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
This article reports on methodological issues in the study of autobiographical narratives about transition to school within a life course approach. The data consist of 89 Australian participants' recollections of starting school between 1928 and 1995. These narratives are considered as life reviews and part of the story of "continuing…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Personal Narratives, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology
Getting It Right from the Start? The Influence of Early School Entry on Later Achievements in Mathematics.
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Kavkler, Marija; Aubrey, Carol; Tancig, Simona; Magajna, Lidija – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2000
Compared arithmetic knowledge and calculation strategies of children in England and Slovenia in relation to existing policy and practice regarding school entry age. Found that English children scored significantly higher than Slovenes at age 6 on basic arithmetic; by 7 there were no differences. English 6 and 7-year-olds scored higher on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement
Early versus Late Entry to Preschool: The Effect on the Child's Language Development
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Umek, Ljubica Marjanovie; Kranjc, Simona; Fekonja, Urska – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2005
As part of a larger Slovene longitudinal study on the impact of the preschool institution on the child's development and his or her school achievements, effects of the age at entry to preschool on children's language were explored. The sample included 82 children, who were divided into two groups depending on their age at entry to the preschool…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Context Effect, Preschool Education
New Services for Six-Year-Olds in Stockholm. Content and Directions.
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Johansson, Inge – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1995
Interviewed teachers and parents concerning newly developed school services for 6-year olds in Stockholm, Sweden, where the traditional age for starting school will change from 7 to a flexible 6 or 7 in 1997. Results from ratings done by teachers indicate that the new services have had a positive influence on the children's adjustment and peer…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students