A Journey of Transition [microform] : From Gumly Gumly Public to Secondary School / Barry Cocklin
- Bib ID:
- 5670115
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Cocklin, Barry
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED441629
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999
- 12 p.
- Summary:
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Three Australian students who had moved from a small rural primary school to larger secondary schools were interviewed to examine how they experienced the transition. Although the larger environment at the secondary schools was a factor, the transition was not difficult with regard to social aspects, such as making new friends. The teaching and learning situation was significantly different, however. The students' primary school was a learning community characterized by a teaching and learning partnership of pupils, staff, parents, and community working, learning, and teaching together, in a dynamic interaction. At their secondary schools, these students reported something of a regression in relationships, as they were confronted with a teacher-as-teacher context, with control as the central component, in marked contrast to their experiences in primary school. The students felt that the nature of the teacher was central to the concept of a learning community and was more important than the size of the school. Ramifications for secondary schools are that learning communities can only develop when teachers, students, administrators, and communities are involved in an interactive process, and that teachers must re-examine their teaching practices and interactions to facilitate the learning community concept. (Contains 10 references.) (TD)
- Notes:
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- Availability: For full text: http://www.swin.edu.au/aare/.
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Joint Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education and the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (Melbourne, Australia, November 29-December 2, 1999).
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Case Studies
- Community Involvement
- Educational Environment
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Followup Studies
- Foreign Countries
- Rural Schools
- School Attitudes
- School Culture
- School Size
- Secondary School Students
- Student Attitudes
- Student Experience
- Teacher Student Relationship
- Learning Communities
- Australia (New South Wales)
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- Publication date:
- 1999
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