Pedagogical Documentation in Early Years Practice

Seeing Through Multiple Perspectives

Alma Fleet, Catherine Patterson, Janet Robertson, Alma Fleet, Catherine Patterson, Janet Robertson, Author

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781473944619, 9781473944602
• eBook ISBN: 9781526415370
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Early Childhood Education

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

• Cover
• Half Title
• Publisher Note
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Illustration List
• Illustration List
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part 1 Setting the Stage
• 1 The Landscape of Pedagogical Documentation
• 2 Pedagogical Documentation and Pedagogical Choices
• 3 Developing Pedagogical Documentation Within the EYFS Curriculum Framework
• Commentary 1: Living with a Growing Idea
• Part 2 Languages of Representation
• 4 The Worlds of the Very Young: Seeing the Everyday in Small Pieces
• 5 Making Learning Visible in Dance and Other Creative Arts
• 6 Using Video in Pedagogical Documentation: Interpretive and Poetic Possibilities
• Commentary 2: Opening Doors and Windows
• Part 3 Embracing Possibilities of Change
• 7 Collaborative Decision-Making Within Pedagogical Documentation
• 8 Pedagogic Documentation and Student Learning
• 9 Making the Outdoors Visible in Pedagogical Documentation
• 10 Diving into the Unknown: The Experience of Pedagogical Documentation at Mia Mia
• Commentary 3: Posing Big(ger) Ideas and Questions
• Part 4 The Wider View
• 11 Knowledge and Practice of Pedagogic Documentation: Professional Development for Educators
• 12 The Potential of Pedagogical Documentation for Leadership Enactment
• 13 Weavings, Walks and Wonderings: Stories of the Liveliness of Pedagogical Narrations
• Commentary 4: Situating Pedagogical Documentation in a Democratic Context
• 14 Pedagogical Documentation: Where To From Here?
• Index