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ED435501 PS028125
Title: What Should Children Learn? Making Choices and Taking
Chances.
Author(s): New, Rebecca S.
Source: Early Childhood Research & Practice, v1 n2 Fall 1999
Pages: 15
Publication Date: 1999
Notes: This article is the third of six articles in this second
issue of a new electronic journal (See PS 028 122). Articles are
each paginated independently.
ISSN: 1524-5039
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Availability: For full text: <http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n2/print/
new.html>.
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120);
Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New Hampshire
Journal Announcement: RIEAPR2000
The basic premise of this paper is that decisions about children and
their early educational experiences are culturally situated and, by
definition, will reflect varying interpretations of appropriate
educational aims and strategies. Drawing upon three decades of
experience in the Italian culture as well as preliminary findings from
a collaborative research project with several Italian communities
(including Milan, Trento, Reggio Emilia, Parma, and San Miniato), the
paper emphasizes the necessity and validity of diverse interpretations
of early childhood programs, the relationship between goals for
children and societal expectations for adults, and the importance of
adult relationships (among parents, teachers, and community members)
to the negotiation of educational goals for children growing up in a
pluralistic democratic society. (Author)
Descriptors: *Cultural Influences; *Educational Objectives; Family
School Relationship; Foreign Countries; *Interpersonal Relationship;
Parent Student Relationship; Parent Teacher Cooperation;
*Partnerships in Education; *Preschool Curriculum; Preschool
Education; Public Policy; Reggio Emilia Approach; School Community
Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship
Identifiers: Adult Child Relationship; *Italy
