Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood
Sharing Children's Learning and Teachers' Thinking
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Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood
Sharing Children's Learning and Teachers' Thinking
About this book
The what, the why, and the how of pedagogical documentation
What does your classroom say about the children's ideas, inquiries, learning, and play? A n inspiring step-by-step guide to documenting children's ideas, questions, play, and learning in a way that enhances teachers' thinking and understanding at the same time, Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood will help you answer those questions and create documentation that tells the story of children's exploration.
This practical guide provides rich ideas, useful references, beautiful visuals, and the framework to get you started, as well as i deas for developing the documentation habit, design tips, and tools for communicating the curriculum and children's experiences to families and others. Each chapter concludes with an invitation to explore, which offers you a starting point if you are new to pedagogical documentation, or a pathway to deeper reflection if you are already practicing it.
The book has been revised and expanded for the second edition, including material on:
- Digital documentation.
- Documentation of infants and non-verbal children.
- Using documentation as a "thread" to follow the unfolding inquiries of children, including the use of sketch notebooks.
- Including the teacher's voice, as well as the children's, and the role of teacher's curiosity.
- Bringing forward new thinking from the educators in Reggio Emilia.
- Leveraging pedagogical narration as a form of teacher-growth.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The What and the Why
- Chapter 2: Starting Points
- Chapter 3: Design and Photography
- Chapter 4: The Chocolate Project
- Chapter 5: Documenting Extraordinary Moments and Short Explorations
- Chapter 6: Pedagogical Documentation with Infants, Toddlers, and Nonverbal Children
- Chapter 7: Connecting with Families through Documentation
- Chapter 8: Taking Inspiration from Raw Documentation
- Chapter 9: Digital Documentation
- Chapter 10: Making Our Professional Knowledge Visible through Pedagogical Documentation
- Chapter 11: The Teacher as Researcher
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Back Cover