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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,…
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Journeys into Learning: Rhizomes and Reggio Emilia
Rhizomes and Reggio Emilia Many of you who read my blog will have noticed how I refer to the rhizome as a pattern in which I see learning happening in both children and adults. (Deleuze and Guttarri). It is akin to how the internet works – a way of jumping and landing on different pads…
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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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