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Author: Lynda Measor Publisher: Network Continuum Education ISBN: 9781855392007 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 180
Book Description
Transfer from primary to secondary school is one of the most significant and difficult steps in a child?s life. This educational transition coincides with physical and emotional changes, as well as significant ?rewiring? within the brain. Evidence suggests that this time is one of both profound anxiety and optimistic expectation.Such strong feelings and daunting changes inevitably affect children?s emotional well-being and sense of self. Successful transition is crucial to a child?s secondary school career. Pupils who fail to settle are more likely to become alienated and disruptive and suffer the well-known academic ?dip?.Moving to Secondary School helps teachers to understand and ease children?s anxieties and to focus on the positive. The book tackles worries about organizational aspects of secondary school life, such as school size, timetable and workload, and personal concerns about making friends, being bullied and getting on with teachers. It also considers how teaching differs between primary and secondary, and how special programmes can offer continuity in students? learning, while allowing for the discontinuity that signals children becoming more grown up.Working from careful background research and case studies, the book suggests short activities and longer-term programmes including:otaster day and fun day visits to secondary schoolsoteacher exchanges between primary and secondary schoolsospecial parents? eveningsosummer holiday projects and induction activitiesoutilizing peer mentorsocreative writing, role play, discussion and gamesotransition passports and diariesolearning style and multiple intelligence profilesothinking skills activities for inductionoexercises to promote self-confidence and improve social skills.
Author: Lynda Measor Publisher: Network Continuum Education ISBN: 9781855392007 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 180
Book Description
Transfer from primary to secondary school is one of the most significant and difficult steps in a child?s life. This educational transition coincides with physical and emotional changes, as well as significant ?rewiring? within the brain. Evidence suggests that this time is one of both profound anxiety and optimistic expectation.Such strong feelings and daunting changes inevitably affect children?s emotional well-being and sense of self. Successful transition is crucial to a child?s secondary school career. Pupils who fail to settle are more likely to become alienated and disruptive and suffer the well-known academic ?dip?.Moving to Secondary School helps teachers to understand and ease children?s anxieties and to focus on the positive. The book tackles worries about organizational aspects of secondary school life, such as school size, timetable and workload, and personal concerns about making friends, being bullied and getting on with teachers. It also considers how teaching differs between primary and secondary, and how special programmes can offer continuity in students? learning, while allowing for the discontinuity that signals children becoming more grown up.Working from careful background research and case studies, the book suggests short activities and longer-term programmes including:otaster day and fun day visits to secondary schoolsoteacher exchanges between primary and secondary schoolsospecial parents? eveningsosummer holiday projects and induction activitiesoutilizing peer mentorsocreative writing, role play, discussion and gamesotransition passports and diariesolearning style and multiple intelligence profilesothinking skills activities for inductionoexercises to promote self-confidence and improve social skills.
Author: Alan Howe Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136738096 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 185
Book Description
Bridging the Transition from Primary to Secondary School offers an insight into children's development, building a framework for the creation of appropriate and relevant educational experiences of children between the ages of 10-12.
Author: Divya Jindal-Snape Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317396472 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 310
Book Description
International students experience multiple and multi-dimensional educational and life transitions: moving to a new country, moving to a new educational system and moving to higher educational degree programmes. Within these transitions, they experience differences in the social and organisational cultures, languages, and interpersonal expectations, realities and relationships. Their transitions also lead to, and interact with, transitions of professionals, home students and their families. Multi-dimensional Transitions of International Students to Higher Education provides up-to-date literature, research and theoretical constructs that underpin international students’ transitions to Higher Education. This book will help you to understand the opportunities, issues, social-emotional-psychological dimensions and evidence-based interventions that are vital to support an individual through these educational and life transitions. Split into four sections, topics include: Theoretical Underpinning Research in Different Contexts Impact of Educational Practice and Social Systems Interventions and Strategies Used to Enhance International Students’ Affective, Behavioural and Cognitive Transition Experiences This book is essential reading for professionals, students and policy makers and provides significant research insights to academics and researchers in the area of education, psychology and sociology.
Author: Trisha M. Samuel Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781492216322 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 32
Book Description
This book is an ideal investment for parents of children just starting out in Secondary school.It can be used as an induction pack for children transitioning to secondary school. It is also useful as a preparation pack for children in their final year in primary school. This book addresses issues and anxieties that parents and children moving on to secondary school have. The book is good for parents to read through with their child or for parents to read on their own and discuss with their child/children. This book has been described as " a useful tool in the hands of parents and children" . It has also been described as " well presented in an easy format; a quick read"
Author: Molly Potter Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1408109131 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 49
Book Description
The whole area of transition is under resourced and Molly's book will be well received by both Year 6 as they prepare pupils for secondary school and also by Year 7 teachers, who could use it in the first few weeks when they are getting to know their new pupils.
Author: Alan Howe Publisher: ISBN: 9780415575478 Category : Classes (Groups of students) Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Bridging the Transition from Primary to Secondary School offers an insight into children's development, building a framework for the creation of appropriate and relevant educational experiences of children between the ages of 10-12.
Author: Lynda Measor Publisher: ISBN: 9781741018103 Category : Middle school education Languages : en Pages : 161
Book Description
Tackles worries about organisational aspects of secondary school life, such as school size, timetable and workload, as well as personal concerns about making friends and getting on with teachers. Provides teacher exchanges between primary and secondary schools.
Author: Molly Potter Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472910729 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 129
Book Description
No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you! The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers. Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners. This book of easy-to-use ideas, practical tips and advice will help teachers prepare their pupils for the transition to secondary school and the many changes that happen at this crucial time in their lives. 'Molly's book will help you support your students through an exciting but challenging school transition. She leaves no stone unturned in answering the questions they'll ask and working through the anxieties they'll feel. A handbook, a survival guide and a travel companion for all involved in the process.' Mike Fleetham, education consultant and creator of thinkingclassroom The move from primary to secondary school can be an anxious and scary time for a lot of children and is often the cause of poor or little academic progress for some time after the transition. Develop your understanding of the worries children will face and support your class through this difficult time using this comprehensive collection of quick-to-implement activities and teaching strategies. Molly Potter, an experienced primary teacher, suggests the type of information that can be gathered from secondary schools to help familiarise pupils with the next stage of their education, as well as activities that will help address their main anxieties, such as fear of bullying and getting lost. The ideas will help children to feel more positive about the move, and there is also advice on how to support parents and carers through the transition process. If you are a Year 6 teacher or if you are responsible for secondary transfer your school, this book is for you. The activities and ideas can be used to create an extremely effective transition package for your pupils that will thoroughly prepare them for their move to secondary school. Includes: Teaching tips, taking it further ideas, bonus ideas, quotes from teachers and pupils, tips for involving parents and carers.
Author: Divya Jindal-Snape Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135281424 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
This volume explores transitions at all stages of educational progression, across a variety of countries and schools. It helps readers understand how the social and emotional processes that individuals undergo during transitions enable or hinder learning, and how lessons learned from one country can be adapted for other educational systems.
Author: Lynda Measor
Author: Lynda Measor
Author: Alan Howe
Author: Divya Jindal-Snape
Author: Trisha M. Samuel
Author: Patricia Thorpe
Author: Molly Potter
Author: Alan Howe
Author: Lynda Measor
Author: Molly Potter
Author: Divya Jindal-Snape