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Record Nr.

UNINA9910580140203321

Titolo

Assessing and Evaluating Early Childhood Education Systems / / edited by Susanne Garvis, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Jonna Kangas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783030999100

3030999106

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 pages)

Collana

Early Childhood Research and Education: An Inter-theoretical Focus, , 2946-6105 ; ; 2

Disciplina

372.21

Soggetti

Early childhood education

Educational tests and measurements

Education - Philosophy

Education and state

International education

Comparative education

Early Childhood Education

Assessment and Testing

Educational Philosophy

Educational Policy and Politics

International and Comparative Education

Educació infantil

Avaluació educativa

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Importance of Evaluating Early Childhood Education Environment Quality to Support theLearning of Young Children -- 2. The Whole Child Approach in Assessments in a Bilingual Child Care Center -- 3. Municipal awareness of gifted and talented children in Finland Swedish early childhood education and care in Finland -- 4. Opportunities and Challenges: Assessment in the New Zealand Early Childhood Context --



5. Early Skills as Predictors for Later Educational Outcome in Mathematics and Science in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark – A Further Analysis on TIMSS 2015 Data -- 6. Thinking Skills Intervention for Low-achieving Finnish Kindergarteners -- 7. Development; the alchemy of learning. The case of Andy -- 8. Progressive Feedback in Finnish early education -- 9. The educational assessment of kindergarten in China: From unitary to multiple.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides global perspectives on assessment and evaluation practices with young children in contemporary times within early childhood education systems. It critiques and evaluates current evaluation and assessment goals and tools in early childhood settings. The book also compares the different approaches to educational evaluations from different countries in early childhood education and care. It provides insights into different approaches, techniques as well as perspectives of micro and macro-levels of analysis. This book aims to create an international understanding about the thematic conceptions of assessment for early childhood education and care.