Observing young children and recording their behaviour is considered essential practice in every quality childcare setting. Variety of observation and recording techniques, such as pedagogical narrations, is discussed and practiced during the onsite observations. The course examines the ethics of child study and methods for comparing behaviour to established developmental norms. The course is focusing on professional writing skills geared specifically to recording children’s behaviour, integrating data from portfolios into forms and reports, interpreting analyzing and assessing child developmental levels, producing summaries, interpretations, making recommendations and developing program strategies.
