Pedagogical Documentation in Early Years Practice

Seeing Through Multiple Perspectives
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Alma Fleet - Macquarie University, Australia
Catherine Patterson - Macquarie University, Australia
Jessie Robertson - Macquarie University, Australia
Pedagogical Documentation in Early Years Practice
June 2017 | 240 pages | Sage UK
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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.

 

Contents

PART 1 SETTING THE STAGE

  • Chapter 1 The landscape of pedagogical documentation
  • Chapter 2 Pedagogical documentation and pedagogical choices
  • Chapter 3 Developing pedagogical documentation within the EYFS curriculum framework
  • Commentary: Living with a growing idea

PART 2 LANGUAGES OF REPRESENTATION

  • Chapter 4 The worlds of the very young: Seeing the everyday in small pieces
  • Chapter 5 Making learning visible in dance and other creative arts
  • Chapter 6 Using video in pedagogical documentation: Interpretive and poetic possibilities
  • Commentary: Opening doors and windows

PART 3 EMBRACING POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGE

  • Chapter 7 Collaborative decision making within pedagogical documentation
  • Chapter 8 Pedagogic documentation and student learning
  • Chapter 9 Making the outdoors visible in pedagogical documentation
  • Chapter 10 Diving into the unknown: The experience of pedagogical documentation at Mia Mia
  • Commentary: Posing Big(ger) Ideas and Questions

PART 4 THE WIDER VIEW

  • Chapter 11 Knowledge and practice of pedagogical documentation: Professional development for educators
  • Chapter 12 The potential of pedagogical documentation for leadership enactment
  • Chapter 13 Weavings, walks and wonderings: Stories of the liveliness of pedagogical narrations
  • Commentary: Situating pedagogical documentation internationally
  • Chapter 14 Pedagogical Documentation – Where to from here?

Description

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.

 

Contents

PART 1 SETTING THE STAGE

  • Chapter 1 The landscape of pedagogical documentation
  • Chapter 2 Pedagogical documentation and pedagogical choices
  • Chapter 3 Developing pedagogical documentation within the EYFS curriculum framework
  • Commentary: Living with a growing idea

PART 2 LANGUAGES OF REPRESENTATION

  • Chapter 4 The worlds of the very young: Seeing the everyday in small pieces
  • Chapter 5 Making learning visible in dance and other creative arts
  • Chapter 6 Using video in pedagogical documentation: Interpretive and poetic possibilities
  • Commentary: Opening doors and windows

PART 3 EMBRACING POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGE

  • Chapter 7 Collaborative decision making within pedagogical documentation
  • Chapter 8 Pedagogic documentation and student learning
  • Chapter 9 Making the outdoors visible in pedagogical documentation
  • Chapter 10 Diving into the unknown: The experience of pedagogical documentation at Mia Mia
  • Commentary: Posing Big(ger) Ideas and Questions

PART 4 THE WIDER VIEW

  • Chapter 11 Knowledge and practice of pedagogical documentation: Professional development for educators
  • Chapter 12 The potential of pedagogical documentation for leadership enactment
  • Chapter 13 Weavings, walks and wonderings: Stories of the liveliness of pedagogical narrations
  • Commentary: Situating pedagogical documentation internationally
  • Chapter 14 Pedagogical Documentation – Where to from here?
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Pedagogical Documentation in Early Years Practice

Seeing Through Multiple Perspectives

Alma Fleet , Catherine Patterson , Jessie Robertson
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June 2017 | 240 pages | Sage UK

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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.

 

Table Of Contents:

  • PART 1 SETTING THE STAGE
  • Chapter 1 The landscape of pedagogical documentation
  • Chapter 2 Pedagogical documentation and pedagogical choices
  • Chapter 3 Developing pedagogical documentation within the EYFS curriculum framework
  • Commentary: Living with a growing idea
  • PART 2 LANGUAGES OF REPRESENTATION
  • Chapter 4 The worlds of the very young: Seeing the everyday in small pieces
  • Chapter 5 Making learning visible in dance and other creative arts
  • Chapter 6 Using video in pedagogical documentation: Interpretive and poetic possibilities
  • Commentary: Opening doors and windows
  • PART 3 EMBRACING POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGE
  • Chapter 7 Collaborative decision making within pedagogical documentation
  • Chapter 8 Pedagogic documentation and student learning
  • Chapter 9 Making the outdoors visible in pedagogical documentation
  • Chapter 10 Diving into the unknown: The experience of pedagogical documentation at Mia Mia
  • Commentary: Posing Big(ger) Ideas and Questions
  • PART 4 THE WIDER VIEW
  • Chapter 11 Knowledge and practice of pedagogical documentation: Professional development for educators
  • Chapter 12 The potential of pedagogical documentation for leadership enactment
  • Chapter 13 Weavings, walks and wonderings: Stories of the liveliness of pedagogical narrations
  • Commentary: Situating pedagogical documentation internationally
  • Chapter 14 Pedagogical Documentation – Where to from here?

Recent Product Reviews:

A fascinating read- one that can open discussions within a seminar environment
Miss marie bradwell, Children and Young People, Plymouth Marjon University
A good find, this book is informative and also enables practitioners to look at their own practice in relation to documentation. Practical yet thought provoking, and helpful for students who are undertaking research with children.
Mrs Amanda Crow, Sch of Education & Prof Development, Huddersfield University
Really interesting to read the variety of writers approaches to documentation with conclusions to support the drawing together of information.
Mrs Dawn Burnham, Early Years, Farnborough College of Technology
Links well to course content
Mrs Terrie Blaszczyk, Froebel College, Roehampton University
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

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