Open AccessExamining Student Transition Programs through an Invitational Lens
Author(s) -
Ronald Williamson,
Marie F. Shoffner
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of invitational theory and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1060-6041
DOI - 10.26522/jitp.v7i2.3837
Subject(s) - transition (genetics) , construct (python library) , anxiety , psychology , lens (geology) , mathematics education , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , psychiatry , petroleum engineering , gene , programming language
Moving to a new school, while frequently exciting, is also filled withstress and anxiety for students and their parents. Nowhere is this moredeeply felt than during the transition from elementary to middle school.Increasingly schools are modifying their transition practices to assurethat students are better informed, and feel more secure in their new setting.This paper uses the construct of Invitational Education to identifyways in which school personnel can modify both formal and informaltransition activities to assure that students see their new school as welcomingand inviting.