THE REGGIO EMILIA CONCEPT OR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON PRESCHOOL EDUCATION IN KINDERGARTENS
THE REGGIO EMILIA CONCEPT OR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON PRESCHOOL EDUCATION IN KINDERGARTENS

Summary/Abstract: There are numerous principles and concepts on the subject of education in young children, each with their own principles and starting points. One of the new alternative, postmodern concepts is the Reggio Emilia concept. It developed in Reggio Emilia (North Italy), from where it has expended in numerous European countries and North America. The Reggio Emilia concept is a modern pre-school concept, the goal being to educate children into critical thinkers and guardians of democracy. It is based on human and children`s rights, democratic values and the rule of law, and it argues for conceptual integration of different sciences. What makes the Reggio Emilia philosophy distinct is that it is based on viewing childhood like a socially formed concept and in accordance with that, the children and teachers are co-founders of knowledge and society.

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