Australian Pedagogy: Transition Practices for Children

Running head: AUSTRALIAN PEDAGOGY
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................ 2
Discussion.................................................................................................................. 2
Overview of Transition............................................................................................ 2
Artifact chosen........................................................................................................ 3
Complexities in children’s development..................................................................5
Relationship Building............................................................................................ 6
Environmental Flexibility...................................................................................... 6
Efficient Pedagogy............................................................................................... 7
Gap in learning the artifact..................................................................................... 7
Conclusion.................................................................................................................. 8

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Introduction
Children are considered to be the most sensitive beings in the society who must be
provided with amicable ambience and environment for their nurture, growth and development.
Every child is precious, no matter what its gender is and every child deserves to access basic to
secondary education during the time of their all encompassing growth and development.
Transition in pedagogical terms, can be described as the event when a student, at a very early
age, comes from a different background to a learning environment (schools and pre schools)
where the students must be provided with support, inspiration and a realization of a strong sense
of belonging which is necessary not only for the early years but also for the later years. The most
significant part of transition program in pedagogy is that transition programs leave an intense
mark in the children, both in positive and negative ways (Goodyear & Casey, 2015). The
respective paper is a report on how the early childhood tutors and parents would ensure a proper
and innovative pedagogical transition practices which would support the children in their
experience of transition. The report has taken help of a picture book “First Day” by Margaret
Wild to carry out the task. The paper focuses on how the kindergarten teachers and parents
would enable the children with flexibility and cooperation within the “new” learning
environment so that students might not feel dejected and carry on with their new pedagogical
settings with inspiration and zeal.
Discussion
Overview of Transition
A child’s transition from one pedagogical setting to another is an important move as it
creates a great impact in the tender minds of the child, making them either good or worse by

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time. Transition in pedagogical terms, can be described as the event when a student, at a very
early age, comes from a different background to a learning environment (schools and pre
schools) where the students must be provided with support, inspiration and a realization of a
strong sense of belonging which is necessary not only for the early years but also for the later
years. The most significant part of transition program in pedagogy is that transition programs
leave an intense mark in the children, both in positive and negative ways. A proper, innovative
and collaborative transition period of a child from a particular pedagogical setting (supposedly
home) to a completely different pedagogical setting would ensure that the child gets proper
treatment in the classes, proper lessons with the help of information technology that would
enable them to understand and learn the intrinsic and instrumental nature around him or her in a
creative way and make sure that he or she is encouraged to attend the institutions and feel free as
well as inspired to explore the learning of the institution (Webb, 2014). Generally, the first year
of a child in a particular pedagogical setting, supposedly of school, is the most important period
for him or her as his or her cognitive as well as psycho-social development is completely based
on the way the tutors and educators behave and train them.
Artifact chosen
For the respective report, the artifact chosen in case of pedagogical approach of transition
in the children is “First Day” by Margaret Wild. The book “First Day” is a picture book filled
with illustrations that echoes the very fact that every child goes through, which is the transfer of
the child from home to school settings. It is an Australian classic where Alex, the protagonist is
seen to be having her first day at school where he had come across different beautiful and
authentic characters (her other classmates) who are different from each other, yet are collectively
united and respectable to each other (Allenandunwin.com.,2019). The book has a unique