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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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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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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 