Children's learning and development : contemporary assessment in the early years / Claire McLachlan [and others].

By:

McLachlan, Claire [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: South Yarra, Vic. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Description: xvi, 232 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1420256793
9781420256796

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

372.19 23

Contents:

1. Assessment in the early years -- 2. Theory, philosophies and beliefs: seeing children and thinking about assessment -- 3. International perspectives on play and assessment -- 4. What role does assessment play in curriculum planning? -- 5. Why assess? Examining the purpose of assessment in education -- 6. What to assess: from ideology to the best interests of the child -- 7. How to assess: uses and purposes of current assessment tools -- 8. Social and cultural contexts in assessment -- can one size fit all? -- 9. Early intervention and assessment: purposes and processes -- 10. Individual differences and assessment in the early childhood setting -- 11. Moving forward collaboratively -- 12. Conclusion.

Summary: Provides students with a robust understanding of how the images teachers hold of children can shape assessment, ant the what, why and how of assessment for diverse learners. McLachlan and Margrain, Massey University, NZ. Edwards and McLean, Australian Catholic University.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Provides students with a robust understanding of how the images teachers hold of children can shape assessment, ant the what, why and how of assessment for diverse learners. McLachlan and Margrain, Massey University, NZ. Edwards and McLean, Australian Catholic University.

Tertiary/Undergraduate.

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