Reggio Emilia Presentation-COETAIL

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The Reggio Emilia Approachto Early Childhood Education

Wednesday, November 6, 13

Reggio Emilia, Italy

Loris MalaguzziWednesday, November 6, 13

The Capable Child“...discovering not so much the limits and

weaknesses of children but rather their surprising and extraordinary strengths and capabilities linked

with an inexhaustible need for expression and realization.”

Loris Malaguzzi

Competent

InquisitiveWednesday, November 6, 13

Competent

InquisitiveWednesday, November 6, 13

Competent

Inquisitive

Full of potential

Environment“It has been said that the environment should act

as a kind of aquarium which reflects the ideas, ethics, attitudes and cultures of the people who live

in it. This is what we are working toward.”Loris Malaguzzi

Documentation“...Teachers must learn to interpret ongoing

processes rather than wait to evaluate results.”Loris Malaguzzi

Process

Collection

Process

Collection

Reflection

Process

Collection

Reflection

Analysis

Process

Collection

Reflection

Analysis

PresentationWednesday, November 6, 13

Relationships“...in our system, we know it is essential to focus on

children...but we do not feel that is enough. We consider teachers and families as also central to

the education of children.”Loris Malaguzzi

Children to childrenTeacher to teacher

Children and teacherTeacher and parents

Hundred Languages“Creativity becomes more visible when adults try to

be more attentive to the cognitive processes of children than to the results they achieve in various

fields of doing and understanding.”Loris Malaguzzi

School of knowing

School of expressing

finds connections with

Researcher“To learn and relearn with the children is our line of

work.”Loris Malaguzzi

You can not BE Reggio, because you are not in Reggio.

ReflectionCollaborationQuestioning

ResourcesThe Hundred Languages of Children edited by Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini and George Forman

Working in the Reggio Way by Julianne P. Wurm

Image Credits lion pic by Pilar Torres

wicker basket by timandangela.org.ukupside down boy by Tony Trần

boy by wall by d o l f iboy with camera by Mary Kay2012

circle of children by sourbrewteacher collaboration by MarthaChristensonLeesback to school night by Barrett Web Coordinator

By Elaine Eastwood Poff