Strong children have a strong start: from kindergarten to elementary school - a transitional project for personal development
Third party funded individual grant
Start date : 01.01.2009
End date : 31.12.2011
Project details
Scientific Abstract
Objective:
Development and evaluation of a two-part programme for kindergartens and primary schools to encourage emotional, personal, and social skills during the transition
Study:
The transition from kindergarten to primary school represents a critical life event for children, and a successful navigation of this phase can contribute to the formation of a stable, resilient personality.
The project’s objective is to support children in building emotional, personal, and social skills and to successfully navigate the transition in a targeted way. This is achieved through two proven support measures: “Bertram Blaubauch sucht sein Lachen” for kindergarten and “Eine starke Reise mit der Klasse” for the first lesson in primary school. Both of these child-friendly and material-rich measures grasp the same basic theoretical concept and are closely interlinked in terms of content and structure, as well as in how they build upon compatible support processes. In addition, transition-specific units have been developed which can, in part, be carried out in tandem by staff from the kindergarten and the primary school. The continuity of content and the linkage of pre-school establishments and primary schools (shared training, cooperation, and exchange in implementation) as part of the overall project are quality characteristics of intervention.
Over the course of the evaluation, the project and its support programmes were monitored for effectiveness as well as acceptability. The perspectives of staff at the kindergarten and teaching staff were gathered in a systematic manner during this process, alongside the perspectives of the children and their parents.
A total of 28 kindergarten groups and their staff and 10 primary school classes (first year of school) with their teachers participated in the project.
Involved:
Sabine Martschinke
Project Leader
Angela Frank
Project Leader
Eva-Maria Kirschhock
Project Member
Bärbel Kopp
Project Member
Meike Munser-Kiefer
Project Member
Gwendo Ranger
Project Member
Günter Renner
Project Member
Sonja Grimmer
Project Member
Contributing FAU Organisations:
Lehrstuhl für Grundschulpädagogik und -didaktik mit dem Schwerpunkt Lehren und Lernen
Lehrstuhl für Grundschulpädagogik und -didaktik mit dem Schwerpunkt Umgang mit Heterogenität
