ED375986 PS022934
Title: Reflections on the Reggio Emilia Approach. Perspectives from
ERIC/EECE: A Monograph Series No. 6.
Author(s): Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Cesarone, Bernard, Ed.
Author Affiliation: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood
Education, Urbana, IL.(BBB16656)
Pages: 135
Publication Date: December 1994
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement
(ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
Contract No: RR93002007
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC06 Plus Postage.
Availability: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood
Education, 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801-4897 (Catalog
No. 215, $10, plus $1.50 shipping and handling).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); ERIC product (071); Reports--Descriptive
(141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Illinois
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1995
This monograph
consists of seven papers that discuss issues related to the teaching
approach used in the preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. The papers
are: (1) "Images from the World: Study Seminar on the Experience
of the Municipal Infant-Toddler Centers and the Preprimary Schools
of Reggio Emilia, Italy" (Lilian G. Katz), which identifies
problems that warrant consideration by American educators trying
to adapt the Reggio Emilia approach to schools in the United States;
(2) "Images from the United States: Using Ideas from the Reggio
Emilia Experience with American Educators" (Brenda Fyfe), which
shares insights of teachers in the St. Louis, Missouri, area as
they implement the Reggio Emilia approach in their classrooms; (3)
"Reggio Emilia: Its Visions and Its Challenges for Educators
in the United States" (Rebecca New), which notes the similarities
and differences in the way teachers in Italy and the United States
perform their daily work; (4) "Different Media, Different Languages"
(George Forman), which explains the role of graphic "languages"
in children's learning; (5) "Staff Development in Reggio Emilia"
(Carlina Rinaldi), which explains the Reggio Emilia schools' unique
approach to staff development; (6) "An Integrated Art Approach
in a Preschool" (Giordana Rabitti), which details a case study
of a children's project conducted in one of the preprimary schools
in Reggio Emilia; and (7) "Promoting Collaborative Learning
in the Early Childhood Classroom: Teachers'
Contrasting Conceputalizations in Two Communities" (Carolyn
Edwards, Lella Gandini, and John Nimmo), which examines the beliefs
of teachers in Italy and the United
States about their roles and about the nature of children as learners.
A reference list is appended to some of the papers. The monograph
also contains a bibliography
of 22 items on the Reggio Emilia approach selected from the ERIC
database, and a list of additional resources on the Reggio Emilia
approach. (BC)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies; *Art Activities; *Cultural
Differences; Foreign Countries; Freehand Drawing; Infants; Preschool
Children; *Preschool Education; Preschool Teachers; *Program Implementation;
Staff Development; Teacher Attitudes; *Teaching Methods; Toddlers
Identifiers: Collaborative Learning; Italy; Program Adaptation;
*Project Approach (Katz and Chard); *Reggio Emilia Approach; United
States
