Early school assessment from behaviourism to constructionism Early school assessment is one of the components of educational process, which are mutually connected and form a coherent whole, starting from theoretical and ideological arrangements that construct the way of thinking about education and its effects, and finishing with practical methods of everyday activities of the teacher and pupil in learning situations and knowledge verification. The author presents two contrastive theoretical perspectives: behaviourism and constructionism showing the object of assessment (i.e. what is assessed), procedure (i.e. how assessment is carried out and how it is expressed), and assessment functions in the light of the two perspectives. When analysing the author applies the theory of educational codes by B. Bernstein. This theory reveals the relations between types of education offered to pupils and the realization of assessment, as well as its im por - tan ce for the child.
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