Assessment and Evaluation for Transformation in Early Childhood

Taylor & Francis

Assessment and Evaluation for Transformation in Early ChildhoodAuthor(s): Julia Formosinho, Christine Pascal\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138909748, 978-1138909748\nSynopsis\nAssessment and Evaluation for Transformation in Early Childhood establishes a new, democratic and participatory approach to assessment and evaluation in early childhood. By analysing the practice of assessment and evaluation within early childhood pedagogy, it provides a clear theoretical and methodological basis for this approach and a set of practical techniques for assessment and evaluation.\n\nStructured into three parts context and principles, approaches and techniques and case studies, the authors show how documentation and portfolios can be an ethical mode of conducting assessment and evaluation. The third part of the text provides educational snapshots of countries that use a participatory approach to learning and teaching, and.