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Tables of Contents for Windows on Learning
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
2
Lilian G. Katz
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
10
Using an Authentic Assessment System
2
1
Understanding the Project Approach
3
2
Learning About the Reggio Emilia Schools
5
3
Introducing Our Schools
8
1
Overview of This Book
8
3
Part I Learning About Documentation
11
98
1. The Value of Documentation
13
12
Applying What Is Known About Children's Learning
13
2
Why Document?
15
8
The Promise of Documentation
23
2
2. Windows on Learning: A Framework for Decision Making
25
8
A Window on a Child's Development
26
2
A Window on a Learning Experience
28
2
A Window for Teacher Self-Reflection
30
3
3. The Documentation Web: Providing a Map for Documentation
33
6
History of the Web
33
2
Understanding the Documentation Web
35
2
Using the Web to Increase Variation
37
2
4. Project Narratives: Telling the Story
39
9
The Story
39
2
Collecting Stories
41
3
Determining Content by the Audience
44
4
5. Observations of Child Development: Watching the Child
48
9
Checklists
48
3
Anecdotal Notes
51
4
The Project Approach and Observation
55
2
6. Individual Portfolios: Capturing Children's Competence
57
15
Understanding the Use of Portfolios
57
3
Collecting Core Items
60
5
Collecting Individualized Items
65
2
Other Portfolio Items
67
5
7. Individual and Group Products: Seeing Is Believing
72
28
Written Language Products
72
8
Verbal Language Products
80
2
Webs and Lists
82
2
Pictures
84
8
Music and Movement
92
1
Constructions
93
7
8. Self-Reflections of Children: Thinking About Thinking
100
9
Reflecting on Their Own Words
100
1
Self-Reflections of Dispositions
101
2
Self-Reflections of a Learning Experience
103
2
Group and Individual Self-Reflections
105
4
Part II Learning How to Document
109
42
9. Organization and Presentation of Documentation: Opening the Windows
111
19
Getting Ready to Document
111
4
Preparing Children for Documenting
115
1
Doing the Documenting
116
3
Organizing Displays of Documentation
119
8
Setting Aside Time for Reflecting About Documentation
127
3
10. Implementation: Using Documentation for Decision Making
130
13
Decision Making
131
1
The Window on a Child's Development
132
3
The Window on a Learning Experience
135
4
The Window for Teacher Self-Reflection
139
3
Making Reflection a Priority
142
1
11. Documentation as Assessment: Building Credibility
143
8
Assessment
144
1
Guidelines for the Assessment Process
144
2
The Problem of Reliability
146
1
The Problem of Bias
147
2
Conclusion: Teaching with Integrity
149
2
Part III An Example of Documentation: "Our Mail Project" Memory Book
151
40
Appendix: Overview of the Work Sampling System
191
4
References
195
4
Index
199
3
About the Authors
202