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Firlik, Russell J. – 1994
The Reggio Emilia preschools in Italy have much to offer U.S. early education practitioners. If adapted, based on an understanding of American culture and of how American children learn, four components of the Reggio Emilia model can be useful in American early childhood settings. First, projects based on the interests of children can be used to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Educational Improvement
Forman, George – 1994
This paper discusses the use of different media for art instruction and creative activities with preschoolers at the Reggio Emilia preschools in Italy. Drawing made with markers, paper constructions, clay sculpture, and wooden constructions are all used to deepen children's understanding of a particular theme or concept. Typically, a small group…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Childhood Attitudes, Class Activities
Towell, Bonita Rae; Tsuji, Gerry K. – 1990
This report is presented in three parts. Part 1 consists of synopses of the child care situation in 13 countries. For each country, the child care environment, including the philosophy and historical background of child care, appropriate legislation, and types of child care services provided, are discussed. School-age child care programs for…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Family Day Care
Langford-Thomas, Beverly – 1992
This paper discusses the founding of the Reggio Emilia preschool system in Reggio, Italy, in 1945 and its development through the 1950s to the present. Since the schools themselves were actually founded and constructed by parents in the aftermath of World War II, the Reggio Emilia approach has always emphasized parent involvement in every facet of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Models
Davoli, Mara, Ed.; Ferri, Gino, Ed. – 2000
Three- to six-year-old children in the preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, worked on a project called "The City: Images, Ideas, and Theories," in which teachers investigated the children's ideas, hypotheses, and theories about cities in general and their own city in particular. Children's knowledge about the city was surveyed in…
Descriptors: Architecture, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Childrens Art
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New, Rebecca – Young Children, 1990
The preschool program of Reggio Emilia, Italy is discussed in terms of its commitment to the community, its project- and art-based curriculum, its use of space to support curriculum goals, and characteristics of its environment. Implications of the program for American education are discussed. (BG)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Educational Environment, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Corsaro, William A.; Molinari, Luisa – Redleaf Press, 2006
What happens when children in creative, Reggio-like preschools go to a more traditional elementary school? In this book, William Corsaro and his Italian coauthor, Luisa Molinari, tell a complete and important story about the lives of children as they grow from young preschoolers to preadolescents in Modena, Italy. The authors both explore and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Preadolescents
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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
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Seefeldt, Carol – Young Children, 1995
Examines children's art creations in a child care center in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy. Suggests that, to produce art, children need many interesting experiences in classroom and community, as well as encouragement to think, talk, and create art in response to their experiences. Under such circumstances, their art is as intriguing and…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
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Balboni, Paolo E. – Language Awareness, 1993
This article examines the nature of language education and the national curriculum for language education in Italian elementary and secondary schools. Analysis of the curriculum shows the place given to the development of language awareness and of conscious knowledge of language in Italian schools. (seven references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Cesarone, Bernard, Ed. – 1994
This monograph consists of seven papers that discuss issues related to the teaching approach used in the preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. The papers are: (1) "Images from the World: Study Seminar on the Experience of the Municipal Infant-Toddler Centers and the Preprimary Schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy" (Lilian G. Katz), which…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art Activities, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Edwards, Carolyn, Ed.; Gandini, Lella, Ed.; Forman, George, Ed. – 1998
This collection of essays and interviews documents the unique approach to early childhood education taken by schools in the Reggio Emilia region of Italy. Howard Gardner and David Hawkins provide reflections in chapters that begin the book. The book is then divided into four major parts. Part I includes an introduction by Carolyn Edwards and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Role, Creative Development, Curriculum Development
Sacks, Lynne; Ruzzi, Betsy Brown – National Center on Education and the Economy (NJ1), 2005
Early childhood education has received an increasing amount of attention in the last two decades in the United States and in other countries. There is now a strong consensus on the many benefits of preschool. Studies have shown that attending a high-quality preschool program not only increases children's readiness for kindergarten, but also causes…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices
Elvin, Lionel, Ed. – 1981
The guide outlines the structure of the educational systems of member countries in the European Community. Chapters cover the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, West Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Usually covered for each country's educational system are general principles; preschool,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives
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Gandini, Lella – Young Children, 1993
Describes the experimental preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, providing a brief history and an overview of their guiding educational philosophy. Notes their distinguishing features, including an image of the child's social construction of learning, cognizance of children's sense of time, involvement of parents and the community, collaboration…
Descriptors: Art Education, Classroom Design, Cooperative Learning, Experimental Schools
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