The article discusses two discourses of documenting in preschool practice: discourse of power and participatory discourse. The discourse of power shapes documenting as a mean of power over children and over teachers and develops a model of documenting as a way of controlling of educational process. In this discourse we have identified several possible meanings of documenting: documenting as technical solution and control; as invisible practice; as an obligation; as individual responsibility of teachers; as observation and monitoring of children’s needs and interests and as a perspective. In the participatory discourse pedagogical documentation becomes a tool for reflective practice of teachers with a purpose of getting a deeper understanding of own practice. The meanings of documenting in the participatory discourse can be: documenting as emancipation and dialogue; as research and reflection; as process of collaboration; as visible learning; as multi-perspective; as retrospective and perspective; as reconstructing roles of the child and teacher and as a synthesis. A critical analysis of the meaning in the two discourses may contribute to the reconstruction of ethical foundationsand to defining directions in the operationalisation of a purpose and function of documenting
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Carr, M., (2001). Assessment in EarlyChildhood Settings, London: SAGE Publications.
Dahlberg, G., Moss, P. (2005). Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education. London: Routledge Falmer Damian.
Ereaut,G., Whiting, R. (2008). What do we mean by ‘wellbeing’?And why might it matter?. London: Research Report DCSF-RW073.
Giudici, C., Krechevsky, M., Rinaldi, C., (Eds.) (2001). Making learning visible: Children as individual and group learners. Reggio Emilia. Italy: Reggio Children.
Katz, L., Chard, S. (1996).The Contribution of Documentation to the Quality of Early Childhood Education. ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
Kinney, L., Wharton, P. (2008). An Encounter with Reggio Emilia:Children’s early learning made visible. London: Routledge.
Krnjaja, Ž. (2009). Dokumentovanje sa decom u razvijanju kurikuluma (Documenting with children in curriculum development). Pedagogija, 3: 351-361.
Krnjaja, Ž. (2010). Proces profesionalnog razvoja iz ekološke paradigme (Professional development process from the ecological paradigm). Andragoške studije, 2: 149-167.
Krnjaja, Ž., Pavlović-Breneslović, D. (2012). Izveštaj o istraživanju mišljenja vaspitača o dokumentovanju (Report on the survey of preschool teachers’ opinions on documenting). Savez udruženja vaspitača Srbije.
McKenna, E.D. (2003). Documenting Development and Pedagogy in the Swedish Preschool: The Portfolio as a Vehicle for Reflection, Learning, and Democracy. Göteborg: Cornell University.
Pavlović Breneselović, D. (2010). Partnerstvo u obrazovanju. Andragoške studije, 2: 123- 138.
Pavlović Breneselović, D., Krnjaja, Ž. (2011). Vaspitač kao istraživač sopstvene prakse Nastava i vaspitanje, 60 (2): 296-309.
Pešić, M. Samoevaluacija praktičara (Practitioners self-evaluation). U: Pešić, M. i saradnici (2004). Pedagogija u akciji, (143-163). Beograd: IPA.
Pramling Samuelsson, I., Sheridan, S. (2010). A turning-point or a backward slide: the challenge facing the Swedish preschool today. Early Years, 3: 219–227.
Project Zero (2003). Making Teaching Visible: Documenting Individual and Group Learning as Professional Development. Cambridge, MA: Project Zero.
Rinaldi, C. (2001). Documentation and assessment: What is the relationship? In: Giudici, C., Rinaldi, C., Krechevsky , M. (Eds) Making learning visible: Children as individual and group learners.(1-8) Reggio Emilia, Italy: Reggio Children.
Seitz, H. 2006. The Plan: Building on Children's Interests, Journal Info, 61(2): 36-41.
Taguchi, H.L. (2010). Going beyond the theory/practice divide in early childhood education:
introducing an intra-active pedagogy, New York: Routledge.
Vecchi, V. (2010). Art and Creativity in Reggio Emilia. London: Routledge.
Carr, M., May, H., Podmore,V.N., Cubey,P., Hatherly,A., Macartney, B. (1999). Learning and teaching stories: Action research on evaluation in early childhood. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research and Ministry of Education.
Carr, M., (2001). Assessment in EarlyChildhood Settings, London: SAGE Publications.
Dahlberg, G., Moss, P. (2005). Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education. London: Routledge Falmer Damian.
Ereaut,G., Whiting, R. (2008). What do we mean by ‘wellbeing’?And why might it matter?. London: Research Report DCSF-RW073.
Giudici, C., Krechevsky, M., Rinaldi, C., (Eds.) (2001). Making learning visible: Children as individual and group learners. Reggio Emilia. Italy: Reggio Children.
Katz, L., Chard, S. (1996).The Contribution of Documentation to the Quality of Early Childhood Education. ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
Kinney, L., Wharton, P. (2008). An Encounter with Reggio Emilia:Children’s early learning made visible. London: Routledge.
Krnjaja, Ž. (2009). Dokumentovanje sa decom u razvijanju kurikuluma (Documenting with children in curriculum development). Pedagogija, 3: 351-361.
Krnjaja, Ž. (2010). Proces profesionalnog razvoja iz ekološke paradigme (Professional development process from the ecological paradigm). Andragoške studije, 2: 149-167.
Krnjaja, Ž., Pavlović-Breneslović, D. (2012). Izveštaj o istraživanju mišljenja vaspitača o dokumentovanju (Report on the survey of preschool teachers’ opinions on documenting). Savez udruženja vaspitača Srbije.
McKenna, E.D. (2003). Documenting Development and Pedagogy in the Swedish Preschool: The Portfolio as a Vehicle for Reflection, Learning, and Democracy. Göteborg: Cornell University.
Pavlović Breneselović, D. (2010). Partnerstvo u obrazovanju. Andragoške studije, 2: 123- 138.
Pavlović Breneselović, D., Krnjaja, Ž. (2011). Vaspitač kao istraživač sopstvene prakse Nastava i vaspitanje, 60 (2): 296-309.
Pešić, M. Samoevaluacija praktičara (Practitioners self-evaluation). U: Pešić, M. i saradnici (2004). Pedagogija u akciji, (143-163). Beograd: IPA.
Pramling Samuelsson, I., Sheridan, S. (2010). A turning-point or a backward slide: the challenge facing the Swedish preschool today. Early Years, 3: 219–227.
Project Zero (2003). Making Teaching Visible: Documenting Individual and Group Learning as Professional Development. Cambridge, MA: Project Zero.
Rinaldi, C. (2001). Documentation and assessment: What is the relationship? In: Giudici, C., Rinaldi, C., Krechevsky , M. (Eds) Making learning visible: Children as individual and group learners.(1-8) Reggio Emilia, Italy: Reggio Children.
Seitz, H. 2006. The Plan: Building on Children's Interests, Journal Info, 61(2): 36-41.
Taguchi, H.L. (2010). Going beyond the theory/practice divide in early childhood education:
introducing an intra-active pedagogy, New York: Routledge.
Vecchi, V. (2010). Art and Creativity in Reggio Emilia. London: Routledge.