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Reflecting on Words that Describe the Processes of Children’s Learning
“The teachers art is to CONNECT in real time, with the LIVING bodies of the children with the LIVING bodies of KNOWLEDGE.” Stephen Nachmanovitch I have been part of a wonderful learning encounter in Toronto, Canada called #Rhythm2016 with Diane Kashin of Technology Rich Inquiry Based Research. As part of this experience I have been reflecting…
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Pedagogical Documentation as a Tool for Thinking Differently
Refections on Gunilla Dahlberg’s presentation at the Sightlines Initiative conference London, 14th May 2016 I have just attended the Sightlines Initiative/Institute of Education conference about Loris Malaguzzi where Gunilla Dahlberg spoke about the courage to think differently. The conference began with a rather subdued question and comments session where University lecturers shared their concerns about students…
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Aesthetics of Relationships in the Early Childhood Classroom
The aesthetics of learning or the seeking out of beauty and loveliness as Vecchi (2010) described it has been embraced by the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy and can be seen in the ateliers, the spaces and rich environments of the schools, the presentation of children’s learning processes through pedagogical documentation as well as in the…
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The Journey into Children’s Drawing
I have always been both before and since the research of my MA days an avid interested party in the strategies and content of children’s drawing. I am currently reading the new book from the Contesting Early Childhood series published by Routledge entitled “Loris Malaguzzi and the Schools of Reggio Emilia” edited by Calgari, Castagnetti,…
Debi Keyte-Hartland 