Pedagogical Documentation in Early Years Practice

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

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. -- Neil Henty