While every care has been taken in preparing this publication, Beyond Blue Ltd, The
Australian Psychological Society Ltd, Principals Australia Inc and the Commonwealth of …

Recent interest and investment in early childhood education as a means of promoting
children's school readiness has prompted the need for clear definitions of school readiness …

The author empirically tests the conceptual model of academic socialization, which suggests
that parental cognitions about schooling influence parenting practices and child outcomes …

We describe two empirical investigations of three‐and four‐year‐old children's uses of
technology, one conducted in family homes and the other in preschool settings, with the aim …

THE NOTION OF READINESS and what it means to be ready for school dominates much of
the popular discussion, as well as the research base, about transition to school. Readiness …

This review of the international literature was commissioned by the Scottish Executive at a
time educational reform. The focus was on the kind of educational provision that is …

This paper details and compares the discernable trends observed in a wide-ranging review
of the recent starting school literature in Australia and beyond. More than half of the research …

“Christakis... expertly weaves academic research, personal experience and anecdotal
evidence into her book... a bracing and convincing case that early education has reached a …

The current study examines associations among parents' school readiness beliefs, home‐
based involvement, and measures of school readiness using data from the Early Childhood …

School readiness skills predict later educational achievement, health, and social-emotional
outcomes. Measures of school readiness can provide valuable information to assess both …