Deck 6: Informing Pedagogical Practice Through The Lens Of Reflection

Question 1

List two things a pedagogical framework should do.

Answer 1

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Question 2

What is the importance of scheduling reflection time into the educator's day?

Answer 2

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Question 3

What is one main difference between standardized assessments and portfolios?

Answer 3

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Question 4

Briefly describe how the cycle of observation is transformative.

Question 5

Which of the following describes assessment portfolios?

A) are commonly associated with the demonstration of knowledge
B) are completed only by a resource educator
C) provide the opportunity for assessment with a particular standard or grade
D) all of the above

Question 6

Describe the value of using the cycle of observation as a transformational process.

Question 7

Which of the following describes a working/developmental portfolio?

A) evolves and changes as the individual grows
B) is sometimes seen as a temporary home for information
C) contains culturally and developmentally relevant artifacts
D) all of the above

Question 8

How does inclusion of others in the community build community capacity?

Question 9

How have e-portfolios influenced the role of the teacher-observer and the process of documentation?

Question 10

Why does the consideration of comments from parents contribute to the quality of early childhood practice?

Question 11

Which of the following is true of the concept of mutual education?

A) first described by a professor at the University of Mexico
B) profiled in the document, Think, Feel, Act
C) discovered in the writings of John Dewey
D) written by Warash, Curtis, Hursh, and Tucci

Question 12

Describe two ways e-portfolios have an advantage over traditional paper portfolios?

Question 13

Which of the following describes webbing?

A) a type of developmental portfolio
B) used only by teachers in the school system with older children
C) a way to reflect upon key ideas or events
D) all of the above

Question 14

Questions of children supported by a responsive educator can create an emerging curriculum through which of the following?

A) authentic and emergent portfolios
B) professional standards and ministry guidelines
C) transformational advocacy
D) variations of the cycle of observation

Question 15

How does documentation that reflects the community say "we belong"?

Question 16

Which of the following constitutes an artifact?

A) photo narratives
B) learning stories
C) goals and objectives
D) all of the above

Question 17

What are two things a supervisor/director can do to support the development of portfolios in his/her centre?

Question 18

Choose one of the benefits of the co-inquiry process as it relates to the cycle of observation,and describe why it is beneficial.

Question 19

Which of the following characterizes a display or showcase portfolio?

A) may include standardized assessment information
B) includes the child's "best work"
C) shows a connection to curriculum
D) only a and c

Question 20

How can the cycle of observation become a tool of collaboration that extends into the community? Give examples.

Question 21

Describe what a pedagogical framework involves in terms of developing a responsive,inclusive practice.

Question 22

Describe "thinking and wondering" in pedagogical documentation.

Question 23

Describe how the term third space relates to improving relationships and understanding between educators and parents.

Question 24

How do we ensure portfolios are not used as scrapbooks?

Question 25

Explain how the cycle of observation can be used to create pedagogical documentation where it had not existed previously.