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Seven into Eight Will Go: Transition from Primary to Secondary School

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Peter Hallinan  and
Pam Hallinan
Peter Hallinan*
Affiliation:
University of Central Queensland
Pam Hallinan
Affiliation:
University of Central Queensland
*
Faculty of Education, University of Central Queensland, Rockhampton 4702 Queensland
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Abstract

This article reviews the relatively scanty literature on students' perception of transition from primary to secondary school. Students at one particular nonmetropolitan Queensland secondary school were surveyed for their reactions to an induction program, modelled on the Queensland Inter-year Program (McQuade, 1987). Specific aspects taken from the program included preparatory discussions led by the primary school class teacher, contact visits by staff and students both from and to the high school, and the consequent program. Recollected anxieties or concerns are explored in the light of students' perceptions six months after transition. Unanticipated problems from the students' perspective are also reviewed, as are the major support sources as perceived by students. Some suggestions are made for such programs in the light of this survey and the literature.

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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , November 1992 , pp. 30 - 38
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1992

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