Assessment of Children’s Development and Learning
Assessment of Children’s Development and Learning: A Guide to Assessment Methods in Early Childhood Education was written to help students understand and appreciate the unique principles, purposes, and processes of assessment in early childhood education. This textbook was written with the Filipino teacher in mind. Alongside a comprehensive discussion of literature from established theorists, early childhood leaders, professional organizations, and researchers, this textbook highlights how assessment happens in the local context through legal frameworks, case studies, and authentic examples from the authors’ professional experiences. This textbook begins with an overview of assessment in education, and explains the evolution of assessment practices with young children. It details the principles of assessment and specific principles for assessment of young children. Quantitative methods and qualitative methods are discussed extensively by showing a variety of assessment strategies and tools that teachers employ. It guides students by providing practical tips on how to collect, organize, document, analyze, interpret, as well as communicate assessment data for it to truly benefit children who are being assessed. The final chapter of this textbook discusses the challenges teachers experience around assessment planning and implementation, both from research and stories from the field. Some emerging practices in assessment relevant to the time of writing are also described in the last chapter. This textbook aims to develop early childhood teachers who not only understand and appreciate assessment on a conceptual level, but are also aware of the realities that early childhood practitioners experience in their quest of a well-designed assessment system that positively impacts the lives of young children.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Celina Adele Y. Buensuceso
She is an advocate of well-designed learning experiences. She is presently a senior lecturer at Miriam College’s Education Department, where she delivers courses in early childhood education, teacher professional education, design thinking, and project-based learning. She is a former early childhood teacher with experience facilitating play-based learning for toddlers to school-age children in Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, and Melbourne. Her work in the field of learning and development extends to different sectors and adult learners in her role as a learning experience designer at Habi Education Lab. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Family Life and Child Development from the University of the Philippines-Diliman and her master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Monash University, Australia.
Marie Rose A. Yuzon
She is presently the chairperson and a faculty member of the Early Childhood Education Program at the Education Department, Miriam College, Quezon City. She is a former school administrator and teacher at the Miriam College Child Study Center. She gives talks about media literacy, gentle discipline, project-based learning, design thinking for young children, assessment for early childhood education, and other topics related to early childhood education. She graduated from Maryknoll College with a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Science. She earned her master’s degree in Basic Education from Ateneo de Manila University. She earned her second master’s degree in Designing Education from Goldsmiths, University of London.
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