A Study On The Evaluation Of Portfolio Of New Zealand Preschool Education

With the development and progress of the pres-chool education, people’s views of children also appeared great changes, and this transition of views on children and education affects the evaluation of young children. Shortcomings of traditional evaluations lead to the ideas of new evaluation, and as a form of practice, the portfolio assessment is being widely used all over the world. In the New Zealand preschool education institutions, the implementation of the portfolio assessment has a long history, and forms its own distinguishing features and rich experienctes. Systematically introducing it is not only helpful to learning from each other and communication, but also has certain reference significances and inspirational functions for us, therefore it is worthy of study in-depth. This study is divided into seven chapters:The first chapter is the introduction, including the reasons of choosing the topic, the literature review, the definition of the key concepts, the purpose and meaning of the research and the research methods used in this study.The second chapter is the background and history of the pre-school institutions ’portfolio assessment in New Zealand, including the government policies of improving the quality of preschool education and the development course of its portfolio assessmnent.The third chapter introduces the pre-school institutions ’portfolio in New Zealand, briefly from its general picture and the structure of “learning story”.The forth chapter describes functions of the portfolio assessment, including promoting the development of children, the professional development of teachers, the in-depth development of curriculum and the conversion of parents’ notions. At the same time, it introduces four implementation principles of the portfolio assessment.The fifth chapter is the running process of portfolio assessment, including the formulation of assessment scheme, the collection and analysis of assessment materials, and the display and archiving of the assessment.The sixth chapter mainly analyzes the distinguishing features of the portfolio assessment of the New Zealand, including showing the multi-culture ideas, embodying the visibility of children’s learning, valuing the continuity of children’s development, and emphasizing the construction of learning community.Chapter 7 draws inspirations and references from the pre-school institutions ’portfolio assessment in New Zealand under the condition of our country’s current situation and issues: 1. Paying attention to the development function of assessment. 2. Stressing the visibility of children’s learning. 3. Valuing the explanations and annotations of the children’s learning recordings and works. 4. Emphasizing the main assessing roles of parents and children.