The Effects of Pupil Grouping: Literature Review
Peter Kutnick, Judy Sebba, Peter Blatchford, Maurice Galton and Jo Thorp, with Helen MacIntyre and Lucia Berdondini, 27-Oct-2005 This extended review of the literature on pupil grouping includes an...
View ArticleA Review of Middle Schooling Concepts and Approaches
Trevor Cobbold, NTCOGSO, September 2005 The middle years of schooling usually refer to the ages from about 10 to 14. There is increasing focus on middle years education in Australia. Numerous reports...
View ArticleHelping Middle School Students Make the Transition into High School
Nancy B. Mizelle, Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, August 1999 The importance of parents being involved in their young adolescent students’ transition from middle to high...
View ArticleSchool Transition Programs – Do they make a difference?
Mark Walker, Mark’s Learning Log, posted 22 November 2009 During our school review we identified student transition as an area to improve student engagement and connectedness to school. Our transition...
View ArticleLessons Learned Report
Transition Information Sessions, Demonstration Project 2006-08 Anne Page, Family and Parenting Institute, 31-Jul-2008 Transition Information Sessions for parents (also known as “Starting School and...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Successful Transition from Primary to Secondary School?
Findings from the Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 (EPPSE) Project Maria Evangelou, Brenda Taggart, Kathy Sylva, Edward Melhuish, Pam Sammons and Iram Siraj-Blatchford,...
View ArticleThe Manchester Transition Project
Implications for the Development of Parental Involvement in Primary Schools Alan Dyson, Centre for Equity in Education, University of Manchester with Emma Beresford and Erica Splawnyk, Manchester...
View ArticleTransition to High School – Have We Done Enough?
Back in November 2008, we told you about the parent workshops being conducted on this topic by Angie Wilcock and her company High Hopes Educational. Since then, she’s conducted many more workshops,...
View ArticleSurvey of Australian Parents
For most children – and their parents – moving from primary to secondary school is an experience that will be remembered for the rest of their lives. This research examines how parents, most with...
View ArticleThe Transition Tightrope
The transition phase from primary to secondary school is a time of massive personal, physical, psychological and social change. Not only is it a difficult time for the young adolescent, but it is also...
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