Internationally, documentation has gained importance in institutional contexts of early childhood during the last 20 years. This edited volume illuminates different practices and aspects of documentation in early childhood and provides theoretically informed analytical perspectives on documentation in childhood institutions. Whilst drawing on different national and early service contexts, the edited volume explores the ways in which documentation may be consequential in childhood and in the practices of early childhood professionals. The different chapters examine assessment and normativity in documentation, childrens participation in it, and the impact of documentation on professionalism. The edited volume is targeted to students, researchers and professionals in the field of education and social sciences.

Dr. Maarit Alasuutari works as Professor at Department of Education of University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Dr. Helga Kelle works as Professor at Department of Education of Bielefeld University, Germany.

Dr. Helen Knauf works as Professor at Department of Social Work at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Assesing normal development.- Power relations in documentation.- Childrens (non)participation in documentation.