This course seeks to introduce basic assessment notions and methodologies to students so that they can make use of the assessment feedback and interpretation professionally to improve teaching and learning, to monitor children’s all-round development and report their progress up to the age of late childhood (0-8 years). Guided by contemporary theories of learning and human development, course participants are empowered to design and administer assessment tools that tie in well with the course objectives and classroom processes of the early childhood education curriculum. At the end of the course, teachers should be conversant with the 'know-what', 'know-how', and 'know-why' of formative curriculum-embedded assessment, and feel competent to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in authentic home and schooling contexts.

CILO-1: Have good understanding of contemporary theories of learning and associated principles of assessment, and know how these theories (e.g. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences [MI]) can be practiced in daily classrooms. CILO-2: Be able to design MI-inspired activities and formative assessments to foster in children intelligences and creativity in schools and kindergartens.