All students go through a transition period from childhood to adolescence.
In most regions of Europe students actually transfer from a primary to secondary school. This tends to result in students changing from having just one teacher to having many teachers. This discontinuity is often marked by a different style of teaching, which can result in a decreased rate of learning. The issues concerning the progression and continuity between primary and secondary schools are of a broader nature than just specifically related to the use of multimedia technologies. Where there is close collaboration between secondary school and feeder primary schools there is more likely to be progression and continuity in all subject areas and in the use of multimedia technologies for learning.