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Looking for Learning, Seeking Meaning-Making: Fostering meaning-making in a learning experience
There is an abundance of ideas and activities all over Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook that point to many ‘learning experiences’ and activity set ups for young children and whilst I appreciate the sharing community of educators all wanting to do the best by children, many of these pinned activities are devoid of their learning context,…
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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…
Debi Keyte-Hartland 