The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education

Course Code: EU19RECE

This course explores the inspiration and challenge to North American practice of the Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education. This city of 133,000 in Italy is world renowned for its communal, municipal early childhood programme of 32 schools for very young children. Their holistic, postmodern philosophy and practice challenge mainstream western practice with young children, suggesting children are much more intellectually and socially capable than we think.

Participants enrolled in the course through the Professional Learning Office will follow the course intent and outline for EDUC 5545. The course outline will be provided but participants will not need to meet the requirements for written assignments and evaluation.

Participants need to:

  • Purchase the required texts and the course
  • Participate in book groups, which means reading one chapter daily from one of the texts, and preparing it for discussion in small group and plenary session.
  • Participate in Group Work in Documenting and in Presentation. This experiential portion of the course requires daily attendance and work with a small group both to document and to be documented. It includes the creation of pedagogical documentation, a process that lasts the length of the course.

    • What is NOT required by participants is written submission of thought journals or of the academic paper for grading. If you wish to submit a thought journal excerpt you are welcome to do so. The instructor will read and comment on it, but not grade it.

    ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF THE COURSE REMAIN THE SAME FOR BOTH GRADUATE STUDENTS AND PARTICIPANTS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Course Fee: $500 + $65 HST = $565

    Cancellation Policy: Withdrawals are effective on the date the request is submitted. Course fees refunded subject to $150 non-refundable amount. No withdrawals or refunds on or after the course start date.

    Session Dates
    Start Date: Aug 12, 2019
    End Date: Aug 23, 2019
    In-class: August 12 - 23, 2019 from 9:30-14:30

    Location
    York University - Keele Campus (map)
    4700 Keele St. Toronto ON Keele & Steeles

    Location Notes
    050A MC

    Instructors
    Wien, Carol Anne

    Price
    $500.00