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Ishigaki, Emiko Hannah – Canadian Children, 2003
Recounts the experiences of a Japanese professor of Early Childhood Education participating in the Canadian delegation of a 6-day study tour in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Includes descriptions of lectures and workshops attended relating to the Reggio Emilia approach. Highlights facilities observed, including an educational materials recycling center,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, International Educational Exchange, Preschool Children, Preschool Education

Wien, Carol Anne – Canadian Children, 1997
Details visit that demonstrated education principles of preschools in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Highlights six principles: (1) documentation to keep past alive; (2) relationality to understand how connections are built; (3) reciprocity to suggest different treatment of time; (4) collaboration to relate child to community; (5) transparency to build…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Documentation, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries

Wien, Carol Anne – Canadian Children, 2003
Describes an activity in the "Scuola Neruda" in Reggio Emilia, Italy in which 5-year-olds create a school play area for 4-year-olds that will remain as a contribution of their class, focusing on how this gift is a gesture of reciprocity, and therefore truly creative. Recounts a child's selection of a location for her sculpture to…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Emotional Experience, Foreign Countries