A systematic review: Parental perspective on school readiness during the pre- and post-transition periods
Parental perspectives on school readiness reflect diverse changing and sustained beliefs as children move from home life or early childhood education (ECE) to school. This review analysed parental perspectives in pre- and post-transition periods captured within the qualitative and quantitative liter...
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| description | Parental perspectives on school readiness reflect diverse changing and sustained beliefs as children move from home life or early childhood education (ECE) to school. This review analysed parental perspectives in pre- and post-transition periods captured within the qualitative and quantitative literature over the past two decades. This paper presents a systematic review of 71 studies that drew conclusions about parental perspectives on the school readiness of children who were about to or had just started formal schooling. Employing reflexive thematic analysis, the studies were categorised into four main themes across the two time points: socio-emotional development, academic development, physical development, and collaborative school readiness. The findings suggest that parents frequently emphasised socio-emotional and academic development over physical development and collaborative school readiness at both time points. The review offers important insights about parents’ concerns before their child’s transition to school and their experiences once they begin. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-306a19aec71a42f48c7fde26610ada402025-08-20T03:46:49ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Educational Research Open2666-37402025-12-01910048610.1016/j.ijedro.2025.100486A systematic review: Parental perspective on school readiness during the pre- and post-transition periodsJonghyun Jun0Kane Meissel1Maria Cooper2Georgia Rudd3Corresponding author at: Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.; Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland, New ZealandFaculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland, New ZealandFaculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland, New ZealandFaculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland, New ZealandParental perspectives on school readiness reflect diverse changing and sustained beliefs as children move from home life or early childhood education (ECE) to school. This review analysed parental perspectives in pre- and post-transition periods captured within the qualitative and quantitative literature over the past two decades. This paper presents a systematic review of 71 studies that drew conclusions about parental perspectives on the school readiness of children who were about to or had just started formal schooling. Employing reflexive thematic analysis, the studies were categorised into four main themes across the two time points: socio-emotional development, academic development, physical development, and collaborative school readiness. The findings suggest that parents frequently emphasised socio-emotional and academic development over physical development and collaborative school readiness at both time points. The review offers important insights about parents’ concerns before their child’s transition to school and their experiences once they begin.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666374025000512School readinessSchool transitionParental perspectivesPre-transitionPost-transition |
| spellingShingle | Jonghyun Jun Kane Meissel Maria Cooper Georgia Rudd A systematic review: Parental perspective on school readiness during the pre- and post-transition periods International Journal of Educational Research Open School readiness School transition Parental perspectives Pre-transition Post-transition |
| title | A systematic review: Parental perspective on school readiness during the pre- and post-transition periods |
| title_full | A systematic review: Parental perspective on school readiness during the pre- and post-transition periods |
| title_fullStr | A systematic review: Parental perspective on school readiness during the pre- and post-transition periods |
| title_full_unstemmed | A systematic review: Parental perspective on school readiness during the pre- and post-transition periods |
| title_short | A systematic review: Parental perspective on school readiness during the pre- and post-transition periods |
| title_sort | systematic review parental perspective on school readiness during the pre and post transition periods |
| topic | School readiness School transition Parental perspectives Pre-transition Post-transition |
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