Development; The Alchemy of Learning : The Case of Andy

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Minson, Victoria Jane, Veresov, Nikolai and Hammer, Marie. (2022). Development; The Alchemy of Learning : The Case of Andy. In In Garvis, Susanne, Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi and Kangas, Jonna (Ed.). Assessing and Evaluating Early Childhood Education Systems pp. 111 Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99910-0
AuthorsMinson, Victoria Jane, Veresov, Nikolai and Hammer, Marie
EditorsGarvis, Susanne, Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi and Kangas, Jonna
Abstract

This chapter will present empirical data from a research project that developed and trialled a new assessment tool, a Planning and Assessment Matrix (PAM), that early childhood teachers can use to study the process of development. PAM takes a different approach to other interpretive assessment models, as it helps teachers identify the actual and potential levels of a child’s development, by applying the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) concept. PAM relies on the identification of these two levels of development, to guide teachers in the creation of developmental conditions that support the child’s potential level of development to become the new actual level of development. PAM supports teachers by enabling them study the internal dynamics of development and offers the educational field an interactive alternative assessment methodology. This new perspective guides teachers not to focus on what children have already achieved, but to focus on the next steps in their potential developmental trajectory.

Keywordsplanning and assessment matrix; interpretive assessment model; child development; teaching; early childhood education
Page range111
124
Year01 Jan 2022
Book titleAssessing and Evaluating Early Childhood Education Systems
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Place of publicationSwitzerland
Edition1
SeriesEarly Childhood Research and Education : An Inter-theoretical Focus
ISBN978-3-030-99910-0
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99910-0
Web address (URL)https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-99910-0_8
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