Katrin de Beyer 
The Observation Procedure. The Development Chart by Kuno Beller 
Advantages and disadvantages in kindergarten

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Pedagogy – Nursery Pedagogy, Early Childhood Education, grade: 1, 0, Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin AS, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the topic of observation and documentation, specifically with the development chart of Prof. Dr. E. K. Beller and S. Beller. First the term observation will be explained. In the further course it will be discussed why, what and how observation is done in practice.

To put the procedure in an overall context, the author presents an observation system and embeds the chart in it. The remainder of the paper describes in detail the structure, function, and application of the developmental chart and discusses the experiential opportunities it offers. Subsequently, the author describes her own experiences in the kindergarten and weighs the advantages and disadvantages of this procedure.