Starting School

By Liz Brooker

Book Overview

This book traces the experiences of children from a poor inner-urban neighbourhood - half of them from Bangladeshi families - as they acquire the knowledge appropriate to their home culture and then take this knowledge to their reception class. It highlights the small differences in family life - in parenting practices, in perspectives on childhood, and in beliefs about work and play - which make a big difference to children's adaptations to school.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335209327
• ISBN13: 9780335209323
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher