- is a work instrument to assess and characterize the child, probably most often
used and best known in education; - investigates aspects of the biological, cognitive, emotional, behavioural,
attitudinal development that are constituted in a synthesis product helping the
predictions regarding the educational and vocational future of a pupil,
concrete suggestions and action pathways; - includes data on the important age-wise acquisitions related to personality,
adaptation to school requirements, etc. obtained with specific investigation
instruments, general and particular appreciations regarding the level of
development; - notes information on pupils regarding the social environment in general, and
the circle of friends, class, family, community, etc. in particular; - is part of the enrolment file into the 1st grade after preschool, alongside the
medical record. In addition, it is an integral part of the teacher counsellor /
class master’s evidence book, and of the pedagogical guidebook of pupils in
initial training to become teachers or educators; - it is the quintessence of knowing a child in a certain learning cycle and (in
some countries) at the workplace, equally useful for the person keeping the
record and for the beneficiary.
On average, student records contain the following chapters:
- personal details of the child / pupil;
- family details;
- activity in preschool / school / high school;
- extra-curricular activities;
- information on the physical, mental, and social characteristics of pupils;
- general conclusions and appreciations;
- proposals, suggestions, action plan for personal and career development.
Badea (1997) suggests for a dynamic and complex characterization the concept of
“maturation fields”, that is biological, psycho-behavioural, socio-familial, educational,
with contents for each field. For example, the biological field is made up of: the system of
physical growth (height, weight, motility, senses, organs, systems, sexual characteristics,
biotype, predispositions, disorders), psychological development, daily diet (sleep,
nutrition, hygiene, clothing, leisure activities), etc. Some correlations between fields are
not absent, such as physical-educational: daily diet – success in school, health – success