Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/the-proces/5025154/
*Additional photos can be found in the pdf version of this article.
What does this sequence of photographs reveal about the child’s process of learning?
What and how is she communicating?
What are her questions, hypotheses and theories?
What can we learn from what she is doing that can help us become more effective educators?
How can these photographs help us communicate the value of early childhood education?
Do these photographs speak to the child’s right to actively participate in the world?
These are some of the many questions we use to frame our analysis of documented observations at Boulder Journey School. Boulder Journey School, located in Boulder, Colorado, is an educational setting for both children and adults that embraces innovation in the fields of early childhood education and teacher education. Both our school for young children and our graduate-level teacher education program (developed in partnership with the University of Colorado Denver and the Colorado Department of Education) are deeply inspired by our colleagues in Reggio Emilia, Italy, who have helped shape our understanding of the process of documentation.
“Documentation can be seen as visible learning; it ensures listening and being listened to by others” (Rinaldi, 2012, p. 237).