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Specific Aspects of the Transition from Primary School to High School

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Alison F Garton
Alison F Garton*
Affiliation:
Health Department of Western Australia
*
Research and Evaluation Unit, Selby Centre, Selby Street, Shenton Park, WA 6008
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Abstract

In considering specific aspects of the transition from primary school to high school, children's expectations were sought prior to their making the transition. This paper examines the expectations 335 students had of five aspects of high school, elicited by means of a questionnaire. The five aspects were: (a) the high school building; (b) the rules and discipline at high school; (c) the work; (d) the teachers; and (e) the other, older, students. The attitudes and expectations were found to reflect the degree of contact the students had had with the high school, itself dependent on the policy of the high school with respect to induction programs for in-coming students. A call is made for greater liaison between educational institutions, in the form of greater continuity and sequencing of curricula and transition programs in order to allay the expressed anxieties and to dispel any misconceptions.

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Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , May 1987 , pp. 11 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1987

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