‘We used to play in foundation, it was more funner’: Investigating feelings about transition from Foundation Stage to Year 1

Early Years

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-145

  Fisher, Julie Arline ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

early childhood education; Foundation Stage; pedagogy; transition; Year 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952396635     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575140802672576     Document Type: Article

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