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EDEC 5633: Assessment in Early Childhood Education: Required Readings

Useful library information for EDEC 5633, Assessment in Early Childhood Education, Dr. April Stevenson

Required Readings for EDEC 5633

Cannella, G. S. (2002). The genealogy of childhood. In Gaile S. Cannella, Deconstructing early childhood education: Social justice and revolution (pp. 19-44). Peter Lang. 

Arthur, L., Beecher, B., Harrison, C., & Morandini, C. (2003). Sharing the lived experiences of children. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 28(2), 8-13.  

Cannella, G. S. (2002). The genealogy of childhood. In Gaile S. Cannella, Deconstructing early childhood education: Social justice and revolution (pp. 45-64). Peter Lang. 

Graue, M. Elizabeth. (1992). Meanings of Readiness and the Kindergarten Experience from Reconceptualizing the Early Childhood Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press. 

Cannella, Gaile S. (2002). Ch. 6. Privileging Child-Centered, Play-Based Instruction from Deconstructing Early Childhood Education: Social Justice & Revolution. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. 

Lubeck, Sally. (1996). Deconstructing “Child Development Knowledge” and “Teacher Preparation”. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11, 147-167. 

Puckett, Margaret B., Black, Janet K. (2007). Ch. 4. A Planning Format for Meaningful Assessment:  Informal Assessments of Young Children from Meaningful Assessments of the Young Child: Celebrating Developing in Learning. New York: Prentice Hall 

Campbell, S. & Smith, K. (2001). Equity observation and images of fairness in childhood. In Grieshaber, S. & Cannella, G. S. (Eds.), Embracing identities in early childhood education: Diversities and possibilities (pp. 89-101). Teachers College Press.  

Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., Nxumalo, F., Kocher, L., Elliott, E., Sanchez, A. (2014). Journeys: Reconceptualizing early childhood practices through pedagogical narration. University of Toronto Press. 

Smith, K. (2013). A rights-based approach to observing and assessing children in the early childhood classroom. In Swadener, B. B., Lundy, L., Habashi, J., & Blanchet-Cohen, N. (Eds.), Children’s rights and education: International perspectives (pp. 99-114). Peter Lang.   

Fiore, L. B. (2021). Assessment of young children: A collaborative approach. Routledge. 

Blessing, A. D. (2019). Assessment in kindergarten: Meeting children where they are. Young Children, 74(3), 6-13.  

Feeney, F. & Freeman, Nancy K. (2014). Standardized testing in kindergarten. Young Children, 69(1), 84-88. 

Carela, Berta, M. (2019). Neoliberalism in the early childhood classroom: From deficit to empowerment. International Critical Childhood Policy Studies, 7(2), 73-94. 

Sims, M. (2017). Neoliberalism and early childhood. Cogent Education, 4(1), 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2017.1365411. 
 

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