Exam 3: Observing, Documenting, and Interpreting Childrens Play

Dietze and Kashin indicate observations should occur during outdoor play experiences because:

One of the challenges with observations that have occurred over time is that observations began to focus on groups of children's behaviours based on developmental norms.

Early learning practitioners should become familiar with observation tools and establish one preferred method to use for their observations.

The early learning environment and children's experiences are directly linked to:

Early learning teachers require skills in the following excluding:

How do brief notes inform the practice of early learning teachers?

Planning play-based environments for young children requires early learning practitioners to examine:

Pedagogical documentation is a new methodology and process for understanding children.

Pedagogical documentation by contrast refers to:

There is a need to work with children to document their learning and have them revisit their learning and their experiences.

Learning journals are used to record:

Many early learning and child care programs use observation documentation for programming as a form of child assessment.

The purpose of a portfolio is to record an array of experiences and achievements, made up of a collection of:

Pedagogical documentation is a:

When having more than one early learning teacher observe a child at the same time, you may acquire varying perspectives on the same situation.

The purpose of listening to the children when observing is to:

Reflective practice brings to light a child's individual strengths, learning styles, and ways of knowing.

Discuss how an early learning practitioner's philosophical beliefs, values, and biases may impact observations and pedagogical documentation processes and analysis.

Observation is to assess children's development against predetermined milestones.

One of the reasons that early learning practitioners review observations and documentation is to: