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Documentation is 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.
List of contents
1. Introduction
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
II AUDITING THE CHILD 5. Documentation and listening to the children 6. The 'normal' child
III PARENTHOOD ON FOCUS 7. The governance and the pedagogicalization of parents 8. Parenthood between offline and online - about assessment and documentation
IV CONCLUSION 9. Dilemmas of assessment and documentation
About the author
Maarit Alasuutari is Professor of Social Work (FT) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Ann-Marie Markström is Associate Professor in Education at Linköping University, Sweden.
Ann-Christine Vallberg-Roth is Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Centre for Profession Studies (CPS) at the University of Malmö, Sweden.
Summary
Documentation is 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.
