Ready for What?: Constructing Meanings of Readiness for Kindergarten (Suny Series, Early Childhood Education) - Couverture souple

Graue, M. Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791412040 ISBN 13 : 9780791412046

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1992

Synopsis

This book looks at readiness from a different perspective, arguing that we must move away from the readiness-as-child characteristic so prevalent in education and the popular press. Instead, readiness is explained as an idea constructed by parents, teachers, and children as they interact in their neighborhoods and communities.

Graue describes three communities in the same school district: a middle-class, suburban town of professionals; a rural, working-class community; and a group of Hispanic, working-class families making their way through their children's kindergarten experiences. In each setting, the local meaning of readiness is the underlying theme in the actions taken by parents and their attitudes about their children's first public school experience.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

M. Elizabeth Graue is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791412040
• ISBN 13: 9780791412046
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 326
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible