A more constructive way to consider school readiness is to remove the expectations from the child and place those expectations onto the schools and the families. ... "My Magic Story Car: Video-Based Play Intervention to Strengthen Emergent Literacy of At-Risk Preschoolers" by Harvey F. ... Singer goes in to great detail and does a good job of explaining the critical aspects and the importance of play in pre-kindergarten education. ... The Magic Story Car program interweaved make-believe play as a major part of the program. ... The narratives that the children were telling whilst in t...

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Desai showed emphasis on the pressure that students from India face and how expectations rise every year. Desai's story may have been a replica of her very own young life because she focused on one's own belief in education and the freedom to choose for one's own future career. ... "(Desai 1417) This shows how a normal conversation between a parent and a child in India is mostly about their education and their expectations for their child. ... This shows how Chinese parents are very similar to Indian parents in terms of expectations from their child's academics. ... ...

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The quality of education also relies on teachers' expectations and teacher and student interaction. ... Furthermore, teachers' expectations directly influence the student's interaction with the school system. ... A study by Brophy and Good showed that teachers' expectations had a direct impact on their interactions with students. ... Worse still, race and class are often the components leading to biased expectations, putting these students at a great disadvantage in learning and progressing through the educational system. Difference in linguistics can also affect teac...

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HOME SCHOOL CONNECTIONS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY For several decades now educators have recognised with great significance the integral role that parents play in their child's foundational language learning (Cairney & Munsie, 1992, p.1). ... Focussing mainly on story reading, Heath was able to collect evidence of considerable differences in community styles of literacy socialisation. ... For example, the children whose home literacy experiences were similar to school literacy experiences, performed well at school because school valorised and rewarded the types of literacy that they h...

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Stories such as this one are far too common and should not happen. ... Schools should be held accountable to "and raise expectations and standards for "all students, and the resultant improvement would benefit everyone. ... These initiatives are aimed at improvement through high standards, great expectations, and accountability, yet real improvement has not been borne out in the literature. ...

• Word Count: 1946
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