STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING TRANSITION FROM ONE SCHOOL CYCLE TO THE NEXT

Abstract

In these trying times for the Romanian education system, due to the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, we intend to return to a topic of permanent relevance, namely the school transition of students from one school cycle to another. Through our research we aim to identify the views of teachers on how to successfully facilitate transition from one school year to another. Our research is qualitative, with the use of in-depth interviews. This study is based on the analysis of over 60 interviews conducted with teachers from educational institutions in the North-East Region of Romania. Findings: The solutions proposed by the respondents revolve around the idea of development in connection with professional skills, intercultural education, programs on parenting education, tutoring activities, development of common work strategies, development of school-parent-child partnership etc. The conclusions of this research underline first of all that an optimal solution of this moment is the development of the teachers' professional skills, the personal development of students, communication, information, constant interaction of parents, children and teachers. Education is not an isolated experience, but a lifelong interactive effort, involving resources and actors of change.

Keywords

• school transition
• professional skills
• intercultural education
• family-school partnership