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Reggio Emilia

Whitty/ECC Research Group. Emerging from Fascism. It all started at a particular place and time, namely Reggio Emilia in 1945, just at the end of the Fascist dictatorship and the Second World War. Lella GandiniDemocracy. Whitty/ECC Research Group. Reggio 1945. One of these women told me recently how they would go around from home to home with a wheelbarrow to gather dry food for the children at the schools, and how everyone would contribute knowing full well that the children, like all of them were hungry. .

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Reggio Emilia

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    1. Reggio Emilia Pam Whitty

    2. Whitty/ECC Research Group Emerging from Fascism It all started at a particular place and time, namely Reggio Emilia in 1945, just at the end of the Fascist dictatorship and the Second World War. Lella Gandini Democracy

    3. Whitty/ECC Research Group Reggio 1945 One of these women told me recently how they would go around from home to home with a wheelbarrow to gather dry food for the children at the schools, and how everyone would contribute knowing full well that the children, like all of them were hungry.

    4. Whitty/ECC Research Group Values Relationships Children Teachers & Staff Environment

    5. Whitty/ECC Research Group Valuing Relationships Network of relationships Staff, teachers, children, parents, and members of the wider community Trusting and mutually supportive Shared meanings develop

    6. Whitty/ECC Research Group Valuing Relationships Conflict, discussion of conflict Repairing conflict Reaching new points of view.

    7. Whitty/ECC Research Group Valuing Relationships Connectedness, Observation, critical discussion and reflections about the different relationships

    8. Whitty/ECC Research Group Valuing children Italian culture has an intensive focus on children The child is seen as active and participatory; an apprentice rather than a target for learning

    9. Whitty/ECC Research Group Valuing Children Each child is valued as a child “not just for the adult the child will become” Involvement,cooperation, conflict, negotiation.

    10. Whitty/ECC Research Group Valuing Children The Image of the Child: as rich, strong and powerful. Unique subjects with rights The 100 languages of children

    11. Whitty/ECC Research Group Valuing Teachers and Staff Substantial amounts of time for discussion, supervision, and reflection. Collaborating in mutual supervisions and critical discussion based on observations and experiences.

    12. Whitty/ECC Research Group Celebrating Children’s Learning Documentation Recording Interpretation Analysis

    13. Whitty/ECC Research Group The environment as third teacher Aesthetic Transparency – light Bringing the outdoors in Flexibility Reciprocity The materials and structure are dynamic

    14. Whitty/ECC Research Group Projects and Investigations Emerging Curriculum Project Based “Materials are of the kind that allow children to transform them.” “Teacher’s interactions encourage investigation.”

    15. Whitty/ECC Research Group Thank you Art work by children in the UNB Four year class Used with permission

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