Assessment for Learning

Name: Assessment for Learning
Brand: Essential Resources
SKU: TS0114
Price: 44.95 NZD
Availability: InStock
Author: Bridie Raban
ISBN: 9781921613449

Documentation and planning for the EYLF

By
Bridie Raban

Assessment for Learning is an essential resource for all educators and directors in early childhood settings. It provides a point of reference in relation to the assessment for learning process described in the EYLF. The chapters deal with different aspects of the process, focusing on documentation, planning, evaluation, assessment and reflection. Each can be seen as separate, but all aspects need to be put in place to ensure that each child's learning is fostered through rich and stimulating experiences. It includes case studies of planning, sample planning sheets and support on balancing child-initiated and adult-led learning.

Categories: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum, Planning, Planning and Assessment

Ages: 0-5 | Pages: 56 | Code: TS0114 | ISBN: 9781921613449

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Bridie Raban

Bridie Raban is currently an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Her past research has focused on language and literacy development, teacher change and development, curriculum and assessment for the early childhood years and quality provision. She was the first Professor of Early Childhood Education in Victoria and the second in Australia, and before this she was Professor of Primary Education (Early Years) at the University of Warwick and President of the UK Reading Association.

Contents
Introduction	5
Young children's learning	5
How do children learn?	5
The learning environment	6
The emotional environment	7
The process of assessment in children's learning	8
Developing a community of learners	9
How to use this book	10
For discussion	11
About documentation	12
Many reasons for documentation	12
Making learning visible	13
Getting to know each child and working with parents	14
What to consider when collecting evidence of children's learning	16
What can documentation tell you about children and the
learning environment?	17
Monitoring children's learning	19
Good practices	20
For discussion	21
Focuses for documentation	22
What to document	22
What to look for	23
Collating the evidence	24
Methods of documenting	26
Using documentation	27
Relevance of documentation	28
Documentation and children's learning	29
For discussion	30
About planning	31
The importance of effective planning	31
Being flexible and responsive	32
Long-term plans	33
Planning the learning environment	34
Familiar surroundings	35
Plans in response to reflection	35
Planning for the Learning Outcomes	36
Planning for the everyday	36
Planning for individual children	37
Planning resources	38
Intentional teaching experiences	39
Planning without topics	40
Good practices	40
For discussion	41
About assessment	42
Assessment is for learning	42
Formative assessment	42
Assessing strengths and capabilities	43
Assessment and planning	44
Zones of development	44
The role of feedback	45
Summative assessment	45
Recording assessment	46
Forms of assessment	47
Assessment in practice	48
For discussion	48
The assessment cycle	49
The assessment cycle in practice	49
Taking the next steps	50
Supported learning	50
Reviewing your assessment procedures	51
Reflective practices	52
For discussion	53
Understanding the child	54
References	55
Further resources	56