The Role of the Pedagogista in Reggio Emilia: Voices and Ideas for a Dialectic Educational Experience

The Role of the Pedagogista in Reggio Emilia provides insight into the collaborative research project between Reggio Children, Preschools, and Infant-toddler Centres – Istituzione of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia. It emphasizes children's learning and the connection between theory, practice, and research. The book challenges dominant marketplace discourses of early childhood education and re-imagines settings driven by reciprocity, artistry, culture, and the common good. It is a valuable resource for teachers, leaders, policy makers, and scholars in the field of education.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 322 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Role of the Pedagogista in Reggio Emilia provides a profound exploration into the dynamic interactions between teachers, pedagogistas, and atelieristas within the renowned municipal early childhood services of Reggio Emilia. This book emerges from a collaborative research project with Reggio Children and the Preschools and Infant-toddler Centres – Istituzione of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia, offering in-depth observations of pedagogistas, teachers, and atelieristas, as well as interviews with key figures in Reggio Emilia. Children's learning is given careful attention, as the authors highlight the interconnectedness between theory, practice, research, documentation, and progettazione, portraying them as artful collective experiments. The authors shed light on how Reggio Emilia's system fosters reciprocal professional formation through progettazione, challenging dominant marketplace discourses of early childhood education as a commodity and re-imagining settings driven by values of reciprocity, artistry, culture, and the common good. By challenging conventional views on education and care, the professionalism of teachers, and educational leadership, this book appeals to those seeking a different approach to early childhood education and who aspire to shift the field's possibilities culturally, socially, pedagogically, and politically. It serves as a valuable resource for teachers, leaders, policy makers, and scholars across the entire field of education.

Weight: 810g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032019246