-
A Hundred Languages for Describing the Reggio Emilia Approach
I have been motivated to write this blog post after a few recent events and conversations that have provoked me to think about the language we use to describe our educational experiences with children, especially those that are specifically ‘Reggio Inspired’. It has made me reflect on how Loris Malaguzzi described what he saw happening…
-
A European Transdisciplinary Learning Research Project: Making the Parts ‘Whole’
I am part of an international group of researching schools funded by the European Union as part of the Erasmus + strategy. It spans four countries (England, Sweden, Spain and Romania) who are just beginning to research how children aged 2-7 learn/research/live in environments that are supportive of the kind of learning/researching/living that we are…
-
Participation, Pedagogical Documentation and the Design of Empathetic Learning Contexts
At the weekend I attended our Sightlines Initiative conference entitled “All Our Futures”. Sightlines Initiative for those who might not know is the UK reference point and member of the International Network of Reggio Children. We are an independent organisation promoting creative and reflective practice in early childhood education. As an organisation we promote the…
-
Pedagogical Documentation in Challenging Times
I have in a much loved notebook that I took on my first ever visit to Reggio Emilia, now nearly 17 years ago, a quote by Malaguzzi scribed on a singular page saying that, “We can only change what we can take charge of.” In these times of undignified, ugly and paradoxical world ‘leaderships’ whose…
Debi Keyte-Hartland 