Children's and young people's accounts of transitions between home and school

Abreu, G. d., Crafter, S., Cline, T. and O'Dell, L. (2009) Children's and young people's accounts of transitions between home and school. Invited Presentation presented to: European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25-29 August 2009. (Unpublished)

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Presentation)
Abstract:	This presentation examines young people’s accounts of their own experience of moving between a culturally different home and a culturally dominant school. The analysis draws on interview data from studies with young people in English schools, examining accounts where differences between home and school practices were stressed. Two types of differences will be examined. One is differences related to “what is taught at school and at home” (e.g. mathematical practices) and the other is differences related to “what roles are accepted at school and at home”. These accounts will be analyzed in relation to socio-cultural representations, their construction of identities, and how they recount the impact on the young person’s participation in school practices. The aim of bringing the analysis of these two dimensions together is to illustrate that whether the focus is on a traditional cognitive activity (mathematical learning) or on social development of the young person (normative age role), the experience of the young person is constructed in relation to socio-cultural representations, and has impact on how they made sense of themselves (construct their identities)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Home, school, transitions
Subjects:	L Education > LC Special aspects of Education > LC225 Home and school B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF712 Developmental psychology L Education > LC Special aspects of Education > LC1099 Multicultural education (General)
Creators:	Abreu, Guida de, Crafter, Sarah, Cline, T and O'Dell, Lindsay
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016) University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Group > Social and Cultural Research in Psychology Group Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences
Date:	25 August 2009
Date Type:	Presentation
Event Title:	European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
Event Dates:	25-29 August 2009
Event Location:	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Event Type:	Conference
Language:	English
Status:	Unpublished
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/2440

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