Reflecting the importance of drawing on children-s perspectives to shape professional practice, this book offers a nuanced approach to understanding the aims, implications and practicalities of accessing and incorporating children-s perspectives in pedagogial practices relating to transitions. Listening to Children-s Advice about Starting School and School Age Care:
- emphasises the importance of listening to and respecting children-s perspectives at the time of their transitions to school and school age care;
- shares children-s perspectives of the transition to school and school age care in ways that are both authentic and provocative;
- explores implications for practice as a consequence of children-s input;
- provokes a deep level of critical reflection and practice/policy development that is informed by a dialogue between research and practice.
Chapters report research conducted
