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Module 2: Rethinking Learning and Practice

Reflect on Traces

Reflect on the traces that you have collected. Write thoughts about this moment. Ask yourself

  • Why did I record this moment?
  • What interests me about it?
  • What ideas or theories might the children, educators or others be thinking, learning, or experimenting with?

Look again at the diagram of the process of pedagogical narration below:

The process of pedagogical narration is ongoing and cyclical. Through critical reflection and a pedagogy of listening, educators are able to engage in collaboartive dialogue, make pedagogical choices, collect traces, make those traces visible and create links to the Early Learning Framework.

Note that critical reflection and a pedagogy of listening are in the centre of the diagram. They connect to all the other process elements. As you work with pedagogical narrations, you will cycle through these elements.