Description
In response to growing pressure on early years practitioners to adopt a ‘tick-box’ approach to recording children’s progress, Celebrating Children’s Learning sets out a bold, alternative vision for assessment in the early years. Drawing upon an inspiring collaboration between London nursery schools, this book explores and reconsiders the purpose of observation in early years settings.
Contributors provide a range of examples to guide early years practitioners as they develop their own methods of observation. Play, social interaction, and cooperation with parents are shown to be valuable opportunities for keen observation. Chapters discuss:
- moving beyond data-focussed assesment
- Characteristics of Effective Learning
- ensuring inclusive assessment
- collaborating with parents from diverse backgrounds
- outdoor learning – a Forest School approach.
Inspiring and empowering, Celebrating Children’s Learning is essential reading for teachers, practitioners, and students involved in early education.
Table of Contents
Foreword Acknowledgments Editor and contributor biographies Introduction Chapter 1: Beyond data Chapter 2: Putting the Characteristics of Effective Learning at the heart of assessment Chapter 3: Valuing and celebrating small steps for children with special educational needs and disabilities: inclusive assessment practice Chapter 4: Assessment in diverse contexts: talking with Bangladeshi-British parents about children’s early learning Chapter 5: Celebrating Children’s Learning outdoors: a Forest School approach
