ED355012 PS021175
Title: Ready for What? Constructing Meanings of Readiness for Kindergarten.
Author(s): Graue, M. Elizabeth
Pages: 313
Publication Date: January 1993
ISBN: 0-7914-1203-2
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: State University of New York Press, State University
Plaza, Albany, NY 12246 (hardcover: ISBN-0-7914-1203-2; $44.50; paper:
ISBN-0-7914-1204-0, $14.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Reports--General (140)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEJUL1993
This book
examines the issue of school readiness, focusing on children's readiness
for entrance into kindergarten and promotion to first grade. Chapter
1 reviews the literature on school readiness, exploring trends in
policy related to readiness and readiness as a child-centered characteristic.
Chapter 2 examines various theoretical frameworks for studying readiness.
The research approach used in the study is outlined in chapter 3.
Chapter 4 examines the kindergarten curriculum objectives and the
district report card of a specific school district. Chapters 5 through
7 evaluate kindergarten programs at three different schools in the
above-mentioned district. In these
chapters, a discussion of the meaning of kindergarten uses information
derived from classroom observations and interviews with administrators,
teachers, parents, and students. In chapter 8, the meanings of kindergarten
readiness in the three schools are compared, and some general conclusions
about readiness and the kindergarten experience are presented. Six
appendixes present: (1) the study design and elements; (2) school
district core conceptual objectives for kindergarten; (3) examples
of mathematics objectives; (4) a district kindergarten report card;
(5) a tabular comparison of core conceptual objectives and the kindergarten
report card objectives; and (6) a curriculum for early prevention
of school failure. Contains 140 references. (MDM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation; Early Childhood Education; *Kindergarten;
*Kindergarten Children; *Parent Attitudes; Program Evaluation; Report
Cards; *School Policy; *School Readiness; Student Educational Objectives;
Student Promotion; *Teacher Attitudes
