Reflective questions & References
He pātai hei whakaaro iho & Ngā āpitihanga

Reflective Questions

• How do our assessments take account of the context (relationships with people, places, and things) in which learning is occurring? What are some recent examples from our early childhood setting?
• How do our assessment practices motivate and empower learners and enhance the children’s sense of themselves as capable people and competent learners? What are some recent examples from our early childhood setting?
• How do we use assessment information to draw attention to the integrated nature of the children’s learning?

• How do we make learning visible for families and whānau?

References

• Ames, Carole (1992). “Classrooms: Goals, Structures, and Student Motivation”. Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 84, pp. 261–271.
• Biddulph, Fred, Biddulph, Jeanne, and Biddulph, Chris (2003). The Complexity of Community and Family Influences on Children’s Achievement in New Zealand: Best Evidence Synthesis. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
• Briggs, Raymond (1982). When the Wind Blows. London: Hamish Hamilton.
• Bronfenbrenner, Urie (1979). The Ecology of Human Development. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
• Bruner, Jerome (1996). The Culture of Education. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
• Delpit, Lisa (1995). Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflicts in the Classroom. New York: The New Press.
• Fleer, Marilyn (2002). “Sociocultural Assessment in Early Years Education – Myth or Reality?” International Journal of Early Years Education, vol. 10 no. 2, pp. 105–120.
• Galbraith, Sue (1999). Maisey the Monarch. Christchurch: Junior Educational Publications.
• Gipps, Caroline (2002). “Sociocultural Perspectives on Assessment”. In Learning for Life in the Twenty-first Century, ed. Gordon Wells and Guy Claxton. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Kupu MacIntyre, Lesieli I. (2001). “Assessment of Young Children: A Pacific Nation’s Perspective”. Paper presented at the Strengthening the Links: Assessment in Early Childhood conference, Wellington, 2001.
• Ministry of Education (1996). Te Whāriki: He Whāriki Mātauranga mō ngā Mokopuna o Aotearoa/Early Childhood Curriculum. Wellington: Learning Media. Ministry of Education (1998). Quality in Action: Te Mahi Whai Hua. Wellington: Learning Media.
• Ministry of Education (1998). Quality in Action: Te Mahi Whai Hua. Wellington: Learning Media.
• Pere, Rose (1997). Ako: Concepts and Learning in the Māori Tradition. Wellington: National Te Kohanga Reo Trust.
• Rogoff, Barbara (2003). The Cultural Nature of Human Development. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Smith, Anne B. (1999). “Quality Childcare and Joint Attention”. International Journal of Early Years Education, vol. 7 no. 1, pp. 85–98.
• Waite, Judy (1998). Mouse, Look Out! Mascot, NSW: Koala Books.