Ready for What?: Constructing Meanings of Readiness for Kindergarten (SUNY series, Early Childhood Education: Inquiries and Insights) - Hardcover

Graue, M. Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791412032 ISBN 13: 9780791412039

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1992

Synopsis

This book looks at readiness from a different perspective, arguing that we must move away from the readiness-as-child characteristic so prevalent in education and the popular press. Instead, readiness is explained as an idea constructed by parents, teachers, and children as they interact in their neighborhoods and communities.

Graue describes three communities in the same school district: a middle-class, suburban town of professionals; a rural, working-class community; and a group of Hispanic, working-class families making their way through their children's kindergarten experiences. In each setting, the local meaning of readiness is the underlying theme in the actions taken by parents and their attitudes about their children's first public school experience.

About this title

About the Author

M. Elizabeth Graue is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0791412032
• ISBN 13: 9780791412039
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 313