First Steps Toward Teaching the Reggio Way
Published on 8. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
253 pages
978-0-13-437302-7 (ISBN)
Description
Developed for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in Early Childhood Education that emphasize emergent curriculum and the project approach to early childhood instruction.
The first book of its kind on the market, this timely, hands-on guide examines how real teachers in real schools are working to grasp the principles of the Reggio Emilia Approach and apply them in their every day classroom settings. Written for practicing and future teachers by leading advocates of the Reggio philosophy, it explores the most essential features of this emergent constructivist and Italian curriculum by combining discussions of Reggio concepts with examples of their application in American schools.
The first book of its kind on the market, this timely, hands-on guide examines how real teachers in real schools are working to grasp the principles of the Reggio Emilia Approach and apply them in their every day classroom settings. Written for practicing and future teachers by leading advocates of the Reggio philosophy, it explores the most essential features of this emergent constructivist and Italian curriculum by combining discussions of Reggio concepts with examples of their application in American schools.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 228 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
372 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-437302-7 (9780134373027)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
I. INTRODUCTION TO REGGIO EMILIA.
1. The Reggio Emilia Story: History and Organization. Lella Gandini.
2. Foundations of the Reggio Emilia Approach. Lella Gandini.
3. Lessons From an Exhibition: Reflections of an Art Educator. Pam Houck.
4. Reggio Emilia and American Schools: Telling Them Apart and Putting Them Together, Can We Do It? Joanne Hendrick.
II. APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS OF THE REGGIO APPROACH.
5. Reflections on a Year in Reggio Emilia: Key Concepts in Rethinking and Learning the Reggio Way. Eva Tarini.
6. Collaboration as the Foundation of the Reggio Experience: Learning From and Building on Dewey, Vygotsky, and Piaget. Baji Rankin.
7. Conversations With Children. Louise Boyd Cadwell & Brenda Varel Fyfe.
III. AMERICAN INTERPRETATIONS OF THE REGGIO APPROACH.
8. The Challenges of the Reggio Emilia Approach. Lilian Katz.
9. The Challenge of Reggio Emilia's Research: One Teacher's Reflections: Preschool. Donna Carloss Williams & Rebecca Kantor.
10. Implementing the Process of Change in a Public School Setting. Cheryl Breig-Allen & Janis Ullrich Dillon.
11. Implementing Reggio in an Independent School: What Works? Barbara Geiger.
IV. WORKING WITH STAFF TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE.
12. How the Reggio Approach Has Influenced an Inner-City Program: Exploring Reggio in Head Start and Subsidized Child Care. Karen Haigh.
13. The Reggio Emilia Influence at the University of Michigan Dearborn Child Development Center: Challenges and Change. Rosalyn Saltz.
14. Using the Reggio Approach in a Children's Museum. Frances Donovan.
V. WORKING WITH STUDENT TEACHERS TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE.
15. Observing, Recording, Understanding: The Role of Documentation in Early Childhood Teacher Education. Jeanne Goldhaber, Dee Smith, and Susan Sortino.
16. Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Teacher Education: Preservice Teachers as Ethnographers. Mary Jane Moran.
VI. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
17. Next Steps in Teaching "The Reggio Way": Advocating for a New Image of Children. Rebecca New.
18. Why Not? Joanne Hendrick.
References.
Index.
1. The Reggio Emilia Story: History and Organization. Lella Gandini.
2. Foundations of the Reggio Emilia Approach. Lella Gandini.
3. Lessons From an Exhibition: Reflections of an Art Educator. Pam Houck.
4. Reggio Emilia and American Schools: Telling Them Apart and Putting Them Together, Can We Do It? Joanne Hendrick.
II. APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS OF THE REGGIO APPROACH.
5. Reflections on a Year in Reggio Emilia: Key Concepts in Rethinking and Learning the Reggio Way. Eva Tarini.
6. Collaboration as the Foundation of the Reggio Experience: Learning From and Building on Dewey, Vygotsky, and Piaget. Baji Rankin.
7. Conversations With Children. Louise Boyd Cadwell & Brenda Varel Fyfe.
III. AMERICAN INTERPRETATIONS OF THE REGGIO APPROACH.
8. The Challenges of the Reggio Emilia Approach. Lilian Katz.
9. The Challenge of Reggio Emilia's Research: One Teacher's Reflections: Preschool. Donna Carloss Williams & Rebecca Kantor.
10. Implementing the Process of Change in a Public School Setting. Cheryl Breig-Allen & Janis Ullrich Dillon.
11. Implementing Reggio in an Independent School: What Works? Barbara Geiger.
IV. WORKING WITH STAFF TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE.
12. How the Reggio Approach Has Influenced an Inner-City Program: Exploring Reggio in Head Start and Subsidized Child Care. Karen Haigh.
13. The Reggio Emilia Influence at the University of Michigan Dearborn Child Development Center: Challenges and Change. Rosalyn Saltz.
14. Using the Reggio Approach in a Children's Museum. Frances Donovan.
V. WORKING WITH STUDENT TEACHERS TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE.
15. Observing, Recording, Understanding: The Role of Documentation in Early Childhood Teacher Education. Jeanne Goldhaber, Dee Smith, and Susan Sortino.
16. Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Teacher Education: Preservice Teachers as Ethnographers. Mary Jane Moran.
VI. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
17. Next Steps in Teaching "The Reggio Way": Advocating for a New Image of Children. Rebecca New.
18. Why Not? Joanne Hendrick.
References.
Index.