Kindergarten Transition.Studies by researchers with the National Center for Early Development and Learning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Also known as The University of North Carolina, Carolina, North Carolina, or simply UNC suggest children's successful transition into kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be works best when strong relationships linking the children, families, school and community are established. The research is contained in The Transition to Kindergarten, published by Brookes Publishing Co. The publication examines school transition from three perspectives: the ecology ecology, study of the relationships of organisms to their physical environment and to one another. The study of an individual organism or a single species is termed autecology; the study of groups of organisms is called synecology. of transitions into and through kindergarten, the significance of transition in the early grades and outcomes for children from diverse families and cultures. Editors Robert C. Pianta and Martha J. Cox say that successful transition needs to be seen in a broader picture than just how well the child performs. They recommend viewing successful transition as a long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. process that unites child, family and the school. They also describe several trends that affect transition to school, including the increasing diversity of American children, the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of public school prekindergarten programs and growing accountability measures. Further details about the research studies are available from Robert Pianta at 804-243-5483 and Martha Cox at 919-966-3509. |
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