Ready for What? - Constructing Meanings of Readiness for Kindergarten

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 the author

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

Product details

• Authors: M Elizabeth Graue, M. Elizabeth Graue
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.1992
• EAN: 9780791412039
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1203-9
• No. of pages: 313
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 617 g
• Series: Suny Series, Youth Social Serv; Suny Series, Early Childhood E
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education; EDUCATION / Preschool & Kindergarten, Education / Teaching