Pedagogical documentation is a vital method of assessing and observing young children, and is a practice that enables practitioners, families and children to learn alongside each other. This book draws on the projects and experiences of senior researchers from nations including Australia, Canada, Sweden, Singapore, the UK and the USA to highlight multiple approaches to pedagogical documentation. Topics explored include: using video in pedagogical documentation making the most of outdoor learning environments developing pedagogical documentation within curriculum frameworks the relationship with Early Years transitions the potential of pedagogical documentation for leadership enactment. The book offers guidance, support and inspiration to practitioners and researchers on how to implement meaningful and sustainable child-focused observation in early years contexts.

Part 1. Setting the stage: Chapter 1 The landscape of pedagogical documentation - Alma Fleet -- Chapter 2 Pedagogical documentation and pedagogical choices - Lise-Lotte Bjervås and Gunilla Rosendahl -- Chapter 3 Developing pedagogical documentation within the EYFS curriculum framework - Nicola Stobbs, Janet Harvell and Michael Reed -- Commentary: Living with a growing idea - Lasse Lipponen -- PART 2 LANGUAGES OF REPRESENTATION: Chapter 4 The worlds of the very young: Seeing the everyday in small pieces - Suallyn Mitchelmore -- Chapter 5 Making learning visible in dance and other creative arts - Marc Richard -- Chapter 6 Using video in pedagogical documentation: Interpretive and poetic possibilities - Sylvia Kind and Adrienne Argent -- Commentary: Opening doors and windows - Stefania Giamminuti -- PART 3 EMBRACING POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGE: Chapter 7 Collaborative decision making within pedagogical documentation Janet Robertson -- Chapter 8 Pedagogic documentation and student learning - Michael Reed and Nicola Stubbs -- Chapter 9 Making the outdoors visible in pedagogical documentation - Jane Merewether -- Chapter 10 Diving into the unknown: The experience of pedagogical documentation at Mia Mia - Angela Chng -- Commentary: Making transitions in practice - Maria Cooper and Helen Hedges -- PART 4 THE WIDER VIEW -- Chapter 11 Knowledge and practice of pedagogical documentation: Professional development for educators - Rosie Walker, Michael Reed, Nicola Stobbs -- Chapter 12 The potential of pedagogical documentation for leadership enactment - Iris Berger -- Chapter 13 Weavings, walks and wonderings: Stories of the liveliness of pedagogical narrations - B. Denise Hodgins, Deborah Thompson and Kathleen Kummen -- Commentary: Situating pedagogical documentation internationally - Andrew Stremmel -- Chapter 14 Pedagogical Documentation û Where to from here? - Alma Fleet, Janet Robertson and Catherine Patterson.