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Author Alasuutari, Maarit

Title Assessment and documentation in early childhood education / Maarit Alasuutari, Ann-Marie Markström, Ann-Christine Vallberg-Roth
Published New York : Routledge, 2014

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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I A view on curricula, didaktik and teachers; 2 Assessment and Documentation in the ECE Curriculum: A focus on the Nordic tradition; 3 Different Forms of Documentation and Assessment in ECE; 4 Teachers in Intensified Assessment and Documentation Practices: A didaktik approach; Part II Auditing the child; 5 Documentation and Listening to the Children; 6 The 'Normal' Child; Part III Focus on parenthood; 7 The Governance and the Pedagogicalization of Parents
8 Parenthood Between Offline and Online: About assessment and documentationPart IV Conclusion; 9 Dilemmas of Assessment and Documentation; Appendix: Notes on the data examples; References; Index
Summary "Documentation in early childhood education is typically seen as a means to enhance the quality of care and education, and as a way to take account of the child's view. Assessment and Documentation in Early Childhood Education considers the increasing trend towards systematic child documentation especially in early childhood institutions. The authors present ways in which assessment and evaluation is done sometimes explicitly but more often implicitly in these practices, and explore its means, aims, forms, and functions. They also examine the rationalities of child documentation from the perspective of professional practice and professionalism and suggest that documentation and assessment practices can weaken and constrain but also empower and strengthen teachers, children and parents. Topics explored include:Different forms of documentation and assessmentDocumentation and listening to the childrenDilemmas of assessment and documentationParticipation by childrenInvolvement of parentsThis timely book will be appealing for those studying in the field of early childhood education, teacher education, special education, general education, social work, counselling, psychology, sociology, childhood studies, and family studies"-- Provided by publisher
"Documentation in early childhood education is typically seen as a means to enhance the quality of care and education, and as a way to take account of the child's view. This timely book considers the increasing trend towards systematic child documentation especially in early childhood institutions. The authors present ways in which assessment and evaluation is done sometimes explicitly but more often implicitly in these practices, and explore their means, aims, forms, and functions. They also examine the rationalities of child documentation from the perspective of professional practice and professionalism and suggest that documentation and assessment practices can weaken and constrain but also empower and strengthen teachers, children and parents"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Early childhood education -- Scandinavia
Educational evaluation -- Scandinavia
EDUCATION -- General.
EDUCATION -- Preschool & Kindergarten.
EDUCATION -- Elementary.
Early childhood education
Educational evaluation
Scandinavia
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Markström, Ann-Marie
Vallberg-Roth, Ann-Christine
ISBN 1317817060
9781317817062
1306375452
9781306375450
9781315818504
1315818507