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• Dockett, S. & Perry, B. (Eds.) (2001). Beginning school together: Sharing strengths. Watson, ACT: Australian Early Childhood Association.
• Whitton, D., Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (Eds.) (2004). Continuity and Change: Educational Transitions (Proceedings of International Conference). Sydney: UWS.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2006). Starting school: A guide for educators. Sydney: Pademelon Press.
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2006). Our family is starting school. Sydney: Pademelon Press.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2006). Children's transition to school: Changing expectations. In A. W. Dunlop & H. Fabian (Eds.), Informing transition: Building research policy and practice. London: Open University Press.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2007). Starting school: Perceptions, experiences and expectations. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
Book chapters
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). Introduction. In S. Dockett & B. Perry (Eds.), Beginning school together: Sharing strengths (pp. iii-x). Canberra: Australian Early Childhood Association.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). Funding and resources. In S. Dockett & B. Perry (Eds.), Beginning school together: Sharing strengths (pp. 22-31). Canberra: Australian Early Childhood Association.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). Reflections and directions. In S. Dockett & B. Perry (Eds.), Beginning school together: Sharing strengths (pp. 77-80). Canberra: Australian Early Childhood Association.
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Howard, P. (2004). Young children starting school: A fine example of home-school partnership. In J. C. Lee, L. N. Lo, & A. Walker (Eds.), Partnership and change: Towards school development (pp. 223-237). Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Refereed Journal Articles
• Borg, T., Dockett, S., Meredith, H., & Perry, B. (2001). Do teachers who are parents have different perceptions about what is important in children's transition to school than those who are not parents? Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education., 8(1), 11-22.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). Starting school: Effective transitions. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 3(2). Available on-line: http://ecrp/uiuc.edu/v3n2/dockett.html
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2002). ‘Don't eat other people's lunch'. Children's views of starting school. Early Childhood Folio, 6, 7-9.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2002). Who's ready for what? Young children starting school. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 3(1), 67-89.
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., Howard, P., Whitton, D., & Cusack, M (2002). Australian children starting school. Childhood Education, 78(6), 349-353.
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Nicolson, D. (2002). Social and personal transformation as children start school. International Journal of Learning, 9, 289-299.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2003). Children's views and children's voices in starting school. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 28(1), 12-17.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2003). Smoothing the way: What makes a successful school transition program? Education Links, 65, 6-10.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2003). The transition to school: What's important? Educational Leadership, 60(7), 30-33.
• Westcott, K., Perry, B., Dockett, S., & Jones, K., (2003). Parent's transition to school. Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 10(2), 26-38.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2004). Starting school: Perspectives of Australian children, parents and educators. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2(2), 171-189.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2004). What makes a successful transition to school? Views of Australian parents and teachers. International Journal for Early Years Education, 12(3), 217-230.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). “A buddy doesn't let kids get hurt in the playground”: Starting school with buddies. International Journal of Transitions in Childhood, 1, 22-34. Available on-line from http://extranet.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/LED/tec/
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). Children's drawings: Experiences and expectations of school. International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood, 3(2), 77-89.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). Researching with children: Insights from the Starting School Research Project. Early Childhood Development and Care, 175(6), 507-521.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). Starting school in Australia is “a bit safer, a lot easier and more relaxing”: Issues for parents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Early Years, 25(3), 271-281.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). “You need to know how to play safe”: Children's experiences of starting school. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 6(1), 4-18.
• Sanagavarapu, P., & Perry, B. (2005). Concerns and expectations of Bangladeshi parents as their children start school. Australian Journal of Early Childhood. 30(3), 45-51.
• Whitton, D., & Perry, B. (2005). Transition to high school for gifted and mainstream students. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 14(1), 30-35.
• Dockett, S., Mason, T., & Perry, B. (2006). Successful transition to school for Australian Aboriginal children. Childhood Education, 82(3), 139-144.
• Dockett, S., Perry, B. & Whitton, D. (2006). Picture story books and starting school. Early Child Development and Care, 176(8), 835-848.
• Kirk-Downey, T., & Perry. B. (2006). Making transition to school a community event: The Wollongong experience. International Journal of Transitions in Childhood, 2, 40-49.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
• Perry, B. (2001). The development of powerful mathematical ideas by children as they move through the prior-to-school and primary school years. In Board of Studies, NSW, Mathematics K-10 symposium proceedings. Sydney: Author. [Available on-line http://www.boardofstudiesnsw.edu.au]
•Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2002). Beliefs and expectations of parents, prior-to-school educators and school teachers as children start school. Proceedings of Australian Association for Research in Education 2002 International Conference Available on-line: http://www.aare.edu.au/02pap/doc02072.htm
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Nicolson, D. (2002). Social and personal transformation as children start school. Proceedings of Learning Conference 2002. Sydney: Common Ground. [Available on-line http:LearningConference/]
• Perry, B., & Howard, P. (2002). A systemic program for students who are experiencing difficulty with mathematics as they transition from primary to high school. In B. Barton, K. C. Irwin, M. Pfannkuch, & M. O. J. Thomas (Eds.), Mathematics Education in the South Pacific: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 543-550). Auckland, NZ: MERGA.
• Dockett, S., Whitton, D., & Perry, B. (2003). Children starting school: Images from picture storybooks. Proceedings of Australian Association for Research in Education 2003 International Conference (CD-Rom). Auckland: Australian Association for Research in Education.
•Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2004). Educational transitions: Making the future. In D. Whitton, B. Perry, & S. Dockett (Eds.), Continuity and Change: Educational Transitions (Proceedings of International Conference) CD-Rom. Sydney: University of Western Sydney.
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2005). “As I got to learn it got fun”: Children's reflections on their first year of school. Proceedings of Australian Association for Research in Education 2004 Annual Conference, Sydney. Available on-line: http://www.aare.edu.au/04pap/doc04324.pdf
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2005b). “I know that I don't have to work hard”: Mathematics learning in the first year of primary school. In H. L. Chick & J. L. Vincent (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 4, pp. 65-72. Melbourne: University of Melbourne.
• Perry, B., Dockett, S., Gilbert, S., Howard, P., Mason, T., Simpson, T., Skattebol, J., Whitton, D, & Woodrow, C. (2006). Successful transition programs from prior-to-school to school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: Methodological considerations. Refereed Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Sydney. Available: http://www.aare.edu.au/05pap/per05571.pdf
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