Transition from Early Childhood Education to Primary School: what do the children say?

what do the children say?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5335/rep.v30i0.14908

Keywords:

Children, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School, Transition Process

Abstract

The article brings the results of a study that aimed to understand how the process of transition from kindergarten to elementary school occurs, from the children's perspective. This is a field research carried out in a public school in the city of Natal/RN, at the beginning of the school year. Systematic observations were made during the reception period of the children in the 1st year and two semi-structured interviews, individual and collective, with 6 (six) children. Authors such as Neves (2010), Faria (2012), Martinati (2012), Motta (2013), Ribeiro (2014) and Paulino and Queiroz (2018) deal with this transition process and corroborate the theoretical discussion. The study showed the children's feelings of fear and insecurity, as well as feelings of euphoria when entering the 1st year, the absence of the games they play in kindergarten, and the discouragement when performing repetitive and meaningless activities.

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  • Amanda Bezerra Menezes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

    Graduada em Pedagogia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) e mestranda em educação na mesma instituição de ensino, participante da linha de pesquisa Educação, currículo e práticas pedagógicas. 

  • Maria Cristina Leandro de Paiva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

    Professora da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, atuando nos cursos de pedagogia presencial e a distância, no Programa de Pós-graduação em Inovação em Tecnologias Educacionais (PPgITE) e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação (PPGEd). Os estudos versam sobre Formação Docente nas áreas de educação infantil, alfabetização, tecnologias educacionais e educação a distância

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Published

2023-10-29

Issue

Vol. 30 (2023): PUBLICAÇÃO CONTÍNUA

Section

Artigos de fluxo contínuo

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Transition from Early Childhood Education to Primary School: what do the children say? what do the children say?. Revista Espaço Pedagógico, [S. l.], v. 30, p. e14908, 2023. DOI: 10.5335/rep.v30i0.14908. Disponível em: https://ojs.upf.br/index.php/rep/article/view/14908. Acesso em: 15 oct. 2025.