This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of observation in early childhood education, a range of practical techniques (both qualitative and quantitative) for practitioners, and a section, mainly for researchers, on ethics and also recording, analysing, and reporting observational data. It is rich in examples and draws on a variety of New Zealand studies to illustrate different approaches: time sampling category observations rating scales running records ethnography Learning Stories Teaching Stories. Note that this edition is the most suitable for use by New Zealand students and practitioners.
| Author: Valerie Podmore |
| Publisher: Nzcer Press |
| Publication Date: Jun 15, 2006 |
| Number of Pages: 125 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1877398136 |
| ISBN-13: 9781877398131 |