Learning Stories method as an effective instrument for furthering the education of preschool children

Abstract

This paper presents a Learning Stories method as a tool for the assessment and evaluation of learning processes among the preschool children. An attention is focused to the theoretical background of the method, it's application in pre-primary education in English-speaking countries, as well as it's adaptation to the German educational environment.

This article also evaluates the benefits of the method for a child's education in general and considers the possibility of it's application in practice.

Keywords

• Learning Stories method
• pre-primary education
• learning dispositions
• learning processes
• observation
• documentation
• assessment
• New Zealand
• Germany