Listening to Learning

Assessing and Teaching Young Children

Gillian Dowley McNamee, Jie-Qi Chen

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Corwin Press Inc
09 May 2024

Educational strategies & policy; Examinations & assessment; Pre-school & kindergarten

Effectively assess learning in the most critical years of a child's development

Young children's learning in preschool and childcare settings sets the foundation for the elementary school years to come. Skills in speaking, listening, reading, math, science, and the arts develop inside everyday instructional routines that teachers and childcare providers make available to children. How can educators be sure of what their children are learning and how to support their progress?

Listening to Learning provides pre-service and in-service teachers and childcare providers working with young learners with an innovative and practical way to assess children's learning while they are engaged in daily instructional routines. This book offers:

Methods for observing, documenting, and analyzing what and how young children are learning Strategies for monitoring children's progress across various areas, including sciences, arts, mathematics, language arts, and play Approaches for making informed instructional adaptations that address the developmental needs of young learners from diverse home and community settings A framework that shows how instructional routine activities can be used to bridge classroom assessment with the teaching and learning process

With years of expertise and a thorough analysis of assessment techniques, the authors effectively showcase the power of instructional routines as a tool for understanding and enhancing student learning in these most formative years of development.

By: Gillian Dowley McNamee, Jie-Qi Chen
Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 177mm,
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781071889213
ISBN 10: 1071889214
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 09 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gillian Dowley McNamee, Ph.D, is professor emeritus of child development and early childhood teacher education at Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL. She has worked with early childhood teacher candidates during their preparation for public school teaching as well as long term with teachers working with children growing up in challenging social and economic situations. Gillian has carried out professional development initiatives with teachers across the United States, Europe, Taiwan, several regions of China, Turkey, and Kyrgyzstan. She speaks nationally and internationally on how teachers can listen to young children in order to become the teacher young children need to secure their future. Dr. McNamee’s expertise is in language and literacy development, and in the work of Russian psychologist, L. Vygotsky as applied to early childhood settings. She has worked extensively with the story telling and story acting activities developed by Vivian Paley. She has been a Spencer Fellow with the National Academy of Education, and recipient of one of the first Sunny Days Award from Children’s Television Workshop/Sesame Street Parents for her work developing an innovative early childhood teacher preparation program. Jie-Qi Chen, Ph.D., holds the Barbara T. Bowman Professorship in Early Education at Erikson Institute. Beginning as a teacher in various classroom settings, from toddlers to middle school, she has devoted three decades to teacher professional development. Dr. Chen founded the Early Math Collaborative at Erikson, a groundbreaking initiative that revitalized early mathematics education and empowered teachers to emphasize foundational math concepts. Her career spans expertise in early math education, classroom assessment, the educational impact of multiple intelligence theory, and teacher development. With 17 authored and edited books, translated into multiple languages, her contributions are widely recognized. Dr. Chen′s previous roles include Fulbright Senior Specialist in Education, consultant to the United Nations Children′s Fund, and membership in boards such as Scholastic Education′s Early Childhood Advisory Board and the National Association for the Education of Young Children′s Governing Board. Currently, she serves as a director at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.