1st Edition
Assessment and Documentation in Early Childhood Education
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
Biography
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.
'Chapter 4 is particularly enlightening in the way it supports the Early Years Foundation Stage aim to reduce unnecessary paperwork, and because it values a 'quality not quantity' approach by looking deeply into the purposes for assessment and documentation in the early years.' - Early Years Educator Magazine
