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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,…
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Leading Change and Developing Practice in the Early Years Environment
Reflections from my notes: “The role of the teachers, the pedagogista, and the atelierista. Which kind of relationship and strategies of collaboration.” Study tour to Reggio Emilia, Italy. October 2009 I remember being part of a discussion group facilitated during this study tour to Reggio Emilia where a heated conversation arose about the frustrations of…
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Intelligent Materials and Materials in Dialogue
Intelligent Materials and Materials in Dialogue I have been thinking about how we set choose, present, invite participation with materials for young children. Partly because I have been looking back at some of my old project work in schools dating back some 15 years (gulp! where did that go!) and also in light of a…
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Experiencing and doing is not sufficient for learning
“Experiencing and doing, is not sufficient for learning: doing the same thing time and again does not necessarily lead to learning; the activity in learning – the doing – is indispensable but not sufficient for learning. The reflection, the evaluation, the analysis that allows for reviewing the process of doing is a vital element that…
Debi Keyte-Hartland 