Despite variations of educational systems, when transitions in education occur, the pedagogical challenges that teachers and pupils undergo are quite similar across the globe. Transitions are phases in which pupils, peer groups and teachers have to renegotiate and rebuild their learning environment in the educational context. These various transitions in students' learning paths significantly impact on schools' everyday life. This volume explores transitions at all stages of educational progression, i.e., nursery to primary, primary to secondary, and secondary to post-school. It also...

Concise and accessible, this book is a one-stop source book for students and professionals working in the caring professions who need to know more about transitions across the life course. Written by a leading scholar in the field, it is the latest book in Palgrave's popular Professional Keywords series.