Pedagogical Documentation in Early Years Practice

This book draws on experiences in Australia, Canada, Sweden, Singapore, UK, USA, to highlight multiple approaches to pedagogical documentation, to share understanding and to help avoid common misinterpretations.

• PART 1 SETTING THE STAGEChapter 1 The landscape of pedagogical documentation - Alma Fleet Chapter 2 Pedagogical documentation and pedagogical choices - Lise-Lotte Bjervås and Gunilla Rosendahl Chapter 3 Developing pedagogical documentation within the EYFS curriculum framework - Nicola Stobbs, Janet Harvell and Michael ReedCommentary: Living with a growing idea - Lasse Lipponen PART 2 LANGUAGES OF REPRESENTATIONChapter 4 The worlds of the very young: Seeing the everyday in small pieces - Suallyn MitchelmoreChapter 5 Making learning visible in dance and other creative arts - Marc RichardChapter 6 Using video in pedagogical documentation: Interpretive and poetic possibilities - Sylvia Kind and Adrienne ArgentCommentary: Opening doors and windows - Stefania Giamminuti PART 3 EMBRACING POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGEChapter 7 Collaborative decision making within pedagogical documentation - Janet RobertsonChapter 8 Pedagogic documentation and student learning - Michael Reed and Nicola StobbsChapter 9 Making the outdoors visible in pedagogical documentation - Jane MerewetherChapter 10 Diving into the unknown: The experience of pedagogical documentation at Mia Mia - Angela ChngCommentary: Posing Big(ger) Ideas and Questions - Maria Cooper and Helen Hedges PART 4 THE WIDER VIEWChapter 11 Knowledge and practice of pedagogical documentation: Professional development for educators - Rosie Walker, Michael Reed, Nicola StobbsChapter 12 The potential of pedagogical documentation for leadership enactment - Iris BergerChapter 13 Weavings, walks and wonderings: Stories of the liveliness of pedagogical narrations - B. Denise Hodgins, Deborah Thompson and Kathleen KummenCommentary: Situating pedagogical documentation internationally - Andrew Stremmel Chapter 14 Pedagogical Documentation – Where to from here? - Alma Fleet, Janet Robertson and Catherine Patterson