Tansitioning From Home to School
As these adolescents make the transition from the home environment to the school environment (are you talking about the first grade or kindergarten?), they are confronted with contradictions which place them at significant risk for poorly adjusting to school. Two examples illustrate this point. According to Steinberg, Dornbusch and Brown, the average African-American and Hispanic youth “perceive their parents as having lower performance standards.” This fact contrasted with the thought expressed by Eccles, Midgley***) that after the middle school transition, teachers standard for judging their students’ knowledge and performance is higher than they are accustomed to. How do you feel about this topic?