EJ602199
PS530334
Title: Starting
School: What Do the Children Say?
Author(s): Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob
Source: Early Child Development and Care, v159 p107-19 Dec 1999
Publication Date: 1999
Notes: Special Issue on: "Issues in Early Childhood Research."
ISSN: 0300-4430
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAUG2000
Fifty young
children were interviewed concerning their experiences, expectations,
and perceptions about starting school. Responses indicated strong
focus on rules encountered in school and feelings about going to
school. Conventional rules were mentioned most often, with moral
and task rules negligible. Seventy-five percent of references to
dispositions or feelings were positive. Negative dispositions included
feeling sad or scared. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: *Childhood Attitudes; *Elementary School Students;
Emotional Response; Interviews; Primary Education; *School Readiness;
*Transitional Programs; *Young Children
Identifiers: School Rules
