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Book SynopsisReggio Emilia's educational services for 0-6 year olds are widely acclaimed as one of the best systems in the world.
Now in an updated second edition, In Dialogue with Reggio Emilia offers a collection of the most important articles, lectures and interviews given by Carlina Rinaldi, who was President of Reggio Children for a decade, and pedagogical director of the Reggio Emilia Infant-toddler Centres and Preschools after working closely with Loris Malaguzzi, Reggio Children founder and inspirer of the Reggio Emilia Approach. She is currently President of Fondazione Reggio Children Centro Loris Malaguzzi.
With a full introduction contextualising each piece of work, it offers a unique insight into many of the themes that characterise the early childhood curriculum of Reggio Emilia: participation, documentation and assessment; professional development; organisation; research; creativity; spaces and environments in education, and more. This second edition includes br
Table of Contents
Introduction: our Reggio Emilia Carlina Rinaldi: writings, speeches and interviews, 1984-2004 Staying by the children’s side: the knowledge of educators Participation as communication Malaguzzi and the teachers Documentation and assessment: what is the relationship? Dialogues The space of childhood Issues in educating today Documentation and research Continuity in children’s services Creativity as a quality of thought The construction of the educational project: an interview with Carlina Rinaldi Teachers as researchers: formation and professional development in a school of education The organisation, the method: a conversation with Carlina Rinaldi Crossing boundaries: reflections on Loris Malaguzzi and Reggio Emilia In dialogue with Carlina Rinaldi: a discussion between Carlina Rinaldi, Gunilla Dahlberg and Peter Moss Carlina Rinaldi: writings and speeches, 2007 – 2016 The Loris Malaguzzi International Centre. A metaproject The natural complexity of becoming children LEGO, Reggio Emilia. A Story, a Prize The city of Jerome Bruner A system