- The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to the historical and philosophical perspective of the municipal schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. This course is in conjunction with the Professor/Student Study Tour in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The course will focus on the elements of the approach including the following: organizing learning; professional development; the role of the adults, the environment; small groups; materials and symbolic representation. The goal of the course is to prepare future teachers to recognize important concepts and to become effective in facilitating children’s emerging understandings and skills in various domains of thinking as these understandings emerge in daily classroom life. The course methods and materials will support learning across a range of characteristics and abilities, including emergent bi- and multilingual children and children with developmental delays and disabilities.