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Readiness and Age of School Entry: In Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Steve Miller
Steve Miller*
Affiliation:
Department of Education, Queensland
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Abstract

In this paper I put forward the view that a number of forces come to bear in educational policy decisions of the nature of age of school entry, and suggest that pressures exerted by community groups and parental expectations have a more direct influence on those decisions than the positions that researchers may propose. The debate in fact moves away somewhat from considerations of the psychological evidence on the optimal age of entry to achieving administratively workable policies, and to ensuring that educationalsystems create programs which are appropriate for young children.

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Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , May 1988 , pp. 12 - 15
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1988

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