ECE3244: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN

The main aim of this module is to: bring to the notice of the learners the contributions of assessment in an effective teaching- learning system at the childhood school level; make the teaching-learning process more attractive at the nursery school level; be able to describe and apply the principles used in the teaching-learning process at the early childhood level.

Course outile:

1. Theoretical bases related to ECD.
2. Concepts used in assessment such as: Theoretical bases of assessment under a learner-centred approach and curriculum planning.Evaluation, instructional assessment, diagnostic assessment and screening assessment.
3. Theory of Multiple intelligences and assessment;
4. Contemporary issues: Early brain growth and development, interrelationship between earliest experiences and social and moral competence in the context of assessment and curriculum decisions and design.
5. Tools for evaluation and assessment of young children;
6. Assessment in the new preschool curriculum