Product Description
Observation: Origins and Approaches to Early Childhood Research and Practice 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. These range from time sampling, category observations, and rating scales to running records, ethnography, Learning Stories, and Teaching Stories. This book illustrates how observations in early childhood settings can contribute to providing high-quality education.
