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Bringing learning to life : the Reggio approach to early childhood education / Louise Boyd Cadwell ; foreword by Carlina Rinaldi.
Van Pelt Library LB1140.3 .C225 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cadwell, Louise Boyd.
- Series:
- Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)
- Early childhood education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Preschool--Philosophy.
- Education, Preschool.
- Early childhood education--Philosophy.
- Early childhood education.
- Education, Preschool--Italy--Reggio Emilia.
- Italy--Reggio Emilia.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 212 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Building on her enormously popular book, "Bringing Reggio Emilia Home, Louise Cadwell helps American educators understand what it means to use ideas from the Reggio Approach in their classrooms. In new and dynamic ways, Cadwell once again takes readers inside the day-to-day practice of a group of early childhood educators. This time she describes the growth and evolution of the work in the St. Louis Reggio Collaborative over the past 10 years.
- Contents:
- A Brief History of Reggio Emilia, Italy 2
- Ideas Integral to the Reggio Approach 4
- The Context for Our Work and This Book 6
- The Fall of 2001:A Turning Point 8
- 1. January
- The Arc of a Day 11
- The Start of the Day 12
- Beginning with the Kindergarten 23
- Moving to the Newport Room 31
- Midday 39
- The Afternoon 40
- 2. February
- The Power of Partnership with Parents 42
- Building Relationships: The Parents and the School 44
- Forms and Structures for Parent Participation 46
- Parents Speak to Visiting Educators 59
- Reflections on Our Lives with Parents 66
- 3. March
- Teachers Living in Collaboration 67
- Learning Together Away from Home 67
- Looking at Ourselves Through Amelia's Eyes 79
- Organizing Our Work and Making It Visible 85
- Growing and Changing over Time 97
- 4. April
- Living in a Place That Is Alive 101
- Roots: Developing a Sense of Place 102
- Transforming Our Spaces: Transforming Ourselves 106
- Atelier Room Parents 118
- Atelier Metaphors 126
- 5. May
- What Are the Children Learning? 128
- "The Pattern That Connects" 129
- World-Making 131
- The Scent Project 146
- 6. June
- Returning to Italy 160
- Day 1 Meeting the Town and the Group 161
- Day 2 A New View of School 162
- Day 3 Theory and Practice 167
- Day 4 Going Deeper 172
- Day 5 A Day of Rest and Reflection 188
- Day 6 Nostalgia for the Future 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807742961
- 080774297X
- OCLC:
- 50149585
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