Documentation and Inquiry in the Early Childhood Classroom

"Documentation and Inquiry in the Early Childhood Classroom is destined to become a classic in the field. The book represents an extraordinary qualitative leap in the long tradition of early childhood educators paying close attention to the actions of young children. Drawing from the best recent research around practitioner inquiry, self-study, and documentation, and bringing in the voices of practitioners who are immersed in studying their work, the book offers teachers, researchers, administrators and policy-makers powerful lenses for understanding the complexity of the early childhood classroom. It is so clear, well organized, and relevant that it could easily be used across the grades with teachers at every level contributing their research to enable a growing understanding of the relationship between policy and practice."

—Frances Rust, Scholar in Residence at the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, NYU Metro Center, USA