Nursery World - Digital Documentation

How can practitioners use digital documentation systems in a way that recognises every child’s capacity and potential, ask Dr Rosie Flewitt and Dr Kate Cowan

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Early years professionals have a wealth of experience in observing and documenting young children’s play, but our latest research suggests that practitioners may need more guidance about how to integrate digital documentation into their practice.

Valuing Young Children’s Signs of Learning: Observation and Digital Documentation of Play in Early Years Classrooms, funded by the Froebel Trust, looked at how early years professionals use digital documentation systems, such as Tapestry, 2Build a Profile and Kinderly, to record young children’s playful learning.

In the study, we worked with educators in three multicultural settings to help them reflect on and develop their observation, documentation and assessment pedagogy when using digital documentation.

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