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Chapter 4….continues. Reggio emilia : A contemporary Approach to learning. Theory into Practice and Practice Driving Theory. Reggio Emilia Approach. Historical background. Following WWII Founder Loris Malaguzzi Child rich in potential – Citizen with rights Hundred Languages of Children
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Chapter 4….continues Reggio emilia: A contemporary Approach to learning
Theory into Practice and Practice Driving Theory Reggio Emilia Approach
Historical background • Following WWII • Founder Loris Malaguzzi • Child rich in potential – Citizen with rights • Hundred Languages of Children • Inherent genius of each child • Process of learning – demonstration of learning • Languages – symbols systems to promote understanding • Make learning visible • Not a curriculum • Not a model • The place theory and practice touch like the magic moment when night becomes day
The image of the child Children’s relationships and interactions The role of the parent The role of space Principles & Values of Reggio Emilia Approach
Exciting Environments Interactive Areas • Construction - big and small • Dramatic play and movement • Music exploration • Nature explorations • Book area • Mini-atelier: painting, drawing, sculpture, weaving, composition • Message Center Design Elements • Color/ Light/ Transperancy/ Reflection/ Mirrors • Texture/ Nature/ Shapes/ Lines • Continuity between inside and out • Complexity of ideas - Layers/ Different Perspectives • Organization and freedom • Variety of work spaces-heights, levels • Focusd - Nothing by chance • Use of cloth/mobiles to soften
Teachers and children as partners in learning; Teacher is the provacateur Curriculum as a process of inviting and sustaining learning through inquiry & projects Make learning visible through the many languages of children Principles & Values
City Project Game Board of the City Drawing Explorations Constructing The City of Reggio Emilia Projecting a transperancy of the city on the construction site
ExploringComposition Composing Nature Collages on Nature Pictures Steps in a composition Collage with White Things Color compositions with watercolors with inspiration from Kandinsky
Art Explorations Paper making center Moving from 2D to 3D
The power of documentation • Documentation is listening - listening changes you - courage of doubt • Narrates a learning story • Gives life and value to the learning experience • Reinterpret and re-elaborate on the process • Occurs on many levels • Day-to-day traces: diaries, work, dialogue • Display panels as a memory and history of learning • Valuing process • Uncovers personal meaning, understanding, and learning • Emerge from invisibility • Creates culture Principles and Values