Reggio emilia inspired Course Offering

Spring Semester
Graduate Course: EEDUC 5815.01
Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education
1-3 graduate credits

Faculty: Mary Mindess

This course will focus on the history and basic philosophy of the Reggio Emilia Approach to early childhood education. We will consider organization of the environment, the teacher's role, the role of the atelerista, and the relationships between the schools and the community. Special focus on the emergent curriculum and processes for documentation. Participants taking the course are required to attend the Annual Reggio Emilia Institute on May 30 & 31, 2009. Those enrolling for 3 credits will participate online for the entire spring semester. Participants registered for 1 credit will attend the Institute and write an accompanying paper.

Graduate Course: EEDUC 6017
Advanced Reflections on the Reggio Emilia Approach - 3 Graduate Credits

February 6 – 8 and February 13 – 15, 2009
Both Weekends: Friday 4 pm – 9 pm, Saturday 9 am – 6pm, Sunday 9 am – 2 pm
University Hall 2nd Floor – 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Faculty: Lella Gandini, Ed.D, Liaison for the Dissemination of the Reggio Emilia Approach in the United States and Visiting Scholar at Lesley University 2008 -2009

This course will focus on three crucial aspects of the Reggio Emilia Approach: the co-construction of knowledge through listening, observing, and supporting children's interactions in intentionally prepared environments; the use of pedagogical documentation as a tool for revisiting and interpreting experiences and for advancing learning and professional development; and the representation of ideas and hypotheses through many expressive languages as a way to communicate them to peers and adults.

Enrollment is limited - register early.