TY - JOUR
T1 - Starting school in Australia is " a bit safer, a lot easier and more relaxing"
T2 - Issues for parents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
AU - Dockett, Susan
AU - Perry, Bob
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Early Years: an international journal of research and development. ISSNs: 0957-5146;
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The project described in this paper investigated the needs and concerns identified by parents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds as their children started school in Sydney, Australia. Six groups of parents from Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Samoan, Turkish and Vietnamese language backgrounds were interviewed about what was important for them to know and/or do as their children started school. In particular, parents were asked to identify information which would have been helpful for them, and that should be available to parents with children starting school. The data obtained were compared with data derived from Australian parents whose first language is English. The results indicate that there are some issues which seem to be of concern to most parents, regardless of their cultural or language background, such as parents' desire for children to be happy and confident at school, as well as some more specific issues for some groups.
AB - The project described in this paper investigated the needs and concerns identified by parents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds as their children started school in Sydney, Australia. Six groups of parents from Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Samoan, Turkish and Vietnamese language backgrounds were interviewed about what was important for them to know and/or do as their children started school. In particular, parents were asked to identify information which would have been helpful for them, and that should be available to parents with children starting school. The data obtained were compared with data derived from Australian parents whose first language is English. The results indicate that there are some issues which seem to be of concern to most parents, regardless of their cultural or language background, such as parents' desire for children to be happy and confident at school, as well as some more specific issues for some groups.
KW - Open access version available
U2 - 10.1080/09575140500251889
DO - 10.1080/09575140500251889
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 271
EP - 281
JO - Early Years: an international journal of research and development
JF - Early Years: an international journal of research and development
SN - 0957-5146
IS - 3
ER -