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New, Rebecca S. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 1999
The basic premise of this paper is that decisions about children and their early educational experiences are culturally situated and, by definition, will reflect varying interpretations of appropriate educational aims and strategies. Drawing upon three decades of experience in the Italian culture as well as preliminary findings from a…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Cultural Influences, Educational Objectives, Family School Relationship
Chistolini, Sandra – 1995
This paper describes intercultural education in Italian elementary through secondary schools, examines intercultural education in teacher education programs, and raises disciplinary questions about the multicultural approaches now favored in Europe. A discussion of multicultural society and intercultural education touches on increases in foreign…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Interrelationships, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives
Jaruszewicz, Candace – 1994
This paper examines the preschool programs of the Reggio Emilia region of Northern Italy, describing the role of Loris Malaguzzi in the founding of the municipal preschools in the region after the Second World War and discussing the theoretical and philosophical basis of the child-centered, developmentally appropriate, art-centered Reggio Emilia…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Comparative Analysis, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
New, Rebecca S. – 1989
The municipal early childhood program in Reggio Emilia, Italy, one of the most renowned examples of community-supported child care systems in the Western world, is described. A brief historical overview is followed by discussion of such aspects of the Reggio Emilia project as the high level of exchange between families and schools, the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Boards of Education, Childrens Art, Community Programs
Sherman, Joel D.; Honegger, Steven D.; McGivern, Jennifer L. – 2003
This report presents a set of education indicators that describes how the United States education system compares with those of the other G-8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom. The data were collected from three main sources: the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
When Canadian parents look back on their own lives and the lives of their parents, they see changes across a generation that have profoundly affected their parenting experience, compared to when they themselves were young children. Supports for today's parents must take into consideration these changes that affect the care and nurturing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Age Differences, Young Children
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