A Study on a Support System for Articulation from Kindergartens to Elementary Schools

This study focuses on the gap of pre-school and school teacher‘s belief on the purpose，contents and approaches of education at the transition period between preschool and school ages.Our study revealed some facts related to their different attitudes，while we developed action researches by networking local teachers and the university staff，so that the network might function as a support system for articulation(A·S·S.)，and enhance the articulation of the adjoining periods.We interviewed teachers at both institutions and analyzed their dialogues for their“ground rules”，with the help the the S.The team also assisted the teachers find themselves better motivated and guided them to seek solutions for their daily practice。This study supports the effect of the cooperative commitment of the A·S.S.to articulated linkage of education practice over kindergartens and primary schools.

This study focuses on the gap of pre-school and school teacher's belief on the purpose, contents and approaches of education at the transition period between preschool and school ages. Our study revealed some facts related to their different attitudes, while we developed action researches by networking local teachers and the university staff, so that the network might function as a support system for articulation (A・S・S.), and enhance the articulation of the adjoining periods.We interviewed teachers at both institutions and analyzed their dialogues for their "ground rules", and with the help of the A・S・S. staff, their different views of education were revealed. The team also assisted the teachers find themselves better motivated and guided them to seek solutions for their daily practice. This study supports the effect of the cooperative commitment of the A・S・S. to articulated linkage of education practice over kindergartens and primary schools.