Pedagogical Documentation in Early Years Practice: Seeing Through Multiple Perspectives / Edition 1

by Alma Fleet, Catherine Patterson, Jessie Robertson

Overview

Pedagogical documentation is a vital method of assessing and observing young children, and is a practice that enables practitioners, families and children to learn alongside each other.

This book draws on the projects and experiences of senior researchers from nations including Australia, Canada, Sweden, Singapore, the UK and the USA to highlight multiple approaches to pedagogical documentation.

Topics explored include:

• using video in pedagogical documentation
• making the most of outdoor learning environments
• developing pedagogical documentation within curriculum frameworks
• the relationship with Early Years transitions
• the potential of pedagogical documentation for leadership enactment.

The book offers guidance, support and inspiration to practitioners and researchers on how to implement meaningful and sustainable child-focused observation in early years contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473944619
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/09/2017
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	9.40(w) x 6.60(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

PART 1 SETTING THE STAGE
Chapter 1 The landscape of pedagogical documentation - Alma Fleet
Chapter 2 Pedagogical documentation and pedagogical choices - Lise-Lotte Bjervås and Gunilla Rosendahl
Chapter 3 Developing pedagogical documentation within the EYFS curriculum framework - Nicola Stobbs, Janet Harvell and Michael Reed
Commentary: Living with a growing idea - Lasse Lipponen
PART 2 LANGUAGES OF REPRESENTATION
Chapter 4 The worlds of the very young: Seeing the everyday in small pieces - Suallyn Mitchelmore
Chapter 5 Making learning visible in dance and other creative arts - Marc Richard
Chapter 6 Using video in pedagogical documentation: Interpretive and poetic possibilities - Sylvia Kind and Adrienne Argent
Commentary: Opening doors and windows - Stefania Giamminuti
PART 3 EMBRACING POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGE
Chapter 7 Collaborative decision making within pedagogical documentation - Janet Robertson
Chapter 8 Pedagogic documentation and student learning - Michael Reed and Nicola Stobbs
Chapter 9 Making the outdoors visible in pedagogical documentation - Jane Merewether
Chapter 10 Diving into the unknown: The experience of pedagogical documentation at Mia Mia - Angela Chng
Commentary: Posing Big(ger) Ideas and Questions - Maria Cooper and Helen Hedges
PART 4 THE WIDER VIEW
Chapter 11 Knowledge and practice of pedagogical documentation: Professional development for educators - Rosie Walker, Michael Reed, Nicola Stobbs
Chapter 12 The potential of pedagogical documentation for leadership enactment - Iris Berger
Chapter 13 Weavings, walks and wonderings: Stories of the liveliness of pedagogical narrations - B. Denise Hodgins, Deborah Thompson and Kathleen Kummen
Commentary: Situating pedagogical documentation internationally - Andrew Stremmel
Chapter 14 Pedagogical Documentation – Where to from here? - Alma Fleet, Janet Robertson and Catherine Patterson

Editorial Reviews

This book draws on experiences in Australia, Canada, Sweden, Singapore, UK, USA, to highlight multiple approaches to pedagogical documentation, to share understanding and to help avoid common misinterpretations.

Neil Henty