Expectations for the transition from kindergarten to primary school amongst teachers, parents and children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 639-664

  Chan, Wai Ling ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

children's competence; effective transitional programmes; Expectations; kindergarten; primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859712048     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2011.569543     Document Type: Article

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