Assessment in Early Childhood Settings: Learning Stories

Assessment in Early Childhood Settings: Learning Stories
ISBN-10
076196794X
ISBN-13
9780761967941
Category
Education
Pages
202
Language
English
Published
2001-07-23
Publisher
SAGE
Author
Margaret Carr

Description

This book shows that an early childhood setting can be described as a learning place in which children develop learning dispositions such as resilience in the face of uncertainty, confidence to express their ideas, and collaborative and thoughtful approaches to problem-solving. These dispositions provide the starting point for life-long learning. The author asks: How can we assess and track children's learning in the early years in a way that includes learning dispositions and avoids the pitfalls of over-formal methods, whilst being helpful for practitioners, interesting for families, and supportive for learners? The book ยท describes a way of assessment that stays close to the children's r

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