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Pedagogical Documentation – From Observing to Interpreting Children’s Learning

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Pedagogical documentation is a process for documenting children's experiences and studying what children reveal about their views of the world. This video is part of the Think, Feel Act series.

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Imagine a teacher taking pictures of kids drawing roses. This shows how teachers study and learn about what children can do. This info will be vital to pass on to other teachers of the child in future.

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Pedagogical documentation is like a log book. Taking pictures or videos, making notes, or writing about what happens when teachers study how kids learn are all types of Pedagogical Documentation. Use this teachers understand how child think and learn by looking at the various activity they do.

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Teachers decide on what to document by asking questions or looking for surprising moments. It can also be a situation when a child faced difficulty on a task. This documentation will serve as a documentation for improvement area. If in future the child learns to do the same task, it would turned out to be a joyful and interesting discovery.

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Teachers sometimes feel nervous about sharing what they documented. It feels opening up for inspection when showing your work to others. But it's important because others can learn from it and see what the teacher thinks is important.

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Visual literacy means using pictures, voice recordings and posters to depict a story of a child. A teacher made a poster about a "Wild Rumpus," but it was too busy. After learning, she made a simpler one with fewer pictures and a clear focus on what she wanted to say.

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Making Children's Learning and Thinking Visible

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Making Children's Learning and Thinking Visible

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Pedagogical Documentation – Making Children’s Learning and Thinking Visible

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Explores how pedagogical documentation, through captured moments, showcases the social aspects of children in a classroom setting. It emphasises educator's role in finding out unique capacities, providing parents with insights into their child's capabilities beyond familiar contexts.

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It examines how pedagogical documentation acts as a bridge between observation and planning, providing a "place-holder" for captured moments. It fosters conversations, reflections, and interpretations, allowing educators to delve into the richness of children's actions in a meaningful way.

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It is the Process of highlighting how pedagogical documentation captures children's astonishing designs, offering glimpse of creativity beyond classroom setting. It underscores a teacher's responsibility in providing contexts that showcases children's diverse capacities and compotencies.

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Making Connection with Children's Learning

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Making Connection with Children's Learning

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Pedagogical Documentation - An Ongoing Practice of Making Connections with Children’s Learning

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The initial layer helps in deciding what to document. This layer also advocates for keeping the tools for documentation readily available for educators. Overcoming challenges in having tools readily available is the first step towards successfull pedagogical documentation.

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Educators must develop a constant habit of documenting special moments using readily available tools. This includes going beyond conventional references of developmental skills to capture emotional and social aspects of a child's experiences.

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Layer 3: Example of Emotional Connection

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Layer 3: Example of Emotional Connection

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The provided example of a girl looking into her past toddler room advocates for the need of documentation for multiple unconventional situations. It highlights the emotional connection of the child and the previous child care, allowing educator to explore the richness of a child's emotion beyond typical developmental milestones.

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Considering the role of pedagogical documentation as a bridge between teachers and parents, reflect on how sharing this information will improve parent-teacher partnership? Explain with an example from your own experience and how this interaction positively impacted the child, through the insights gained from pedagogical documentation?

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How can we encourage teachers and educators to overcome their anxieties about sharing pedagogical documentation, and what benefits might come from sharing their observations and insights with others?