Bambini

by Gandini, Lella; Edwards, Carolyn P.

• ISBN13: 9780807740088
• ISBN10: 080774008X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

This volume is a timely contribution to the burgeoning dialogue on the Reggio Emilia approach, and features the work of prominent scholars, policy-makers, researchers, administrators, and practicing teachers who have created and directed the infant-toddler care systems in four cities in Italy. Joined by American educators and researchers (including Ron Lally, Rebecca New, and Jeanne Goldhaber), their work builds upon and extends inclusionary and family-centered philosophies. It combines missions of care and education, and produces innovations in space and environments. This collection is filled with dozens of examples of experiences with dynamic, open systems of organization that support emotional and cognitive development of infants and toddlers?and respect the delicate relationship between parents and their young. Also included are many photos, some in colour.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Robert N. Emde
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	1	(14)
Lella Gandini
Carolyn Pope Edwards
Part I CONTEXTS OF CAREGIVING: HISTORY, CULTURE, FAMILY, AND POLITICS
Infant Care in the United States and How the Italian Experience Can Help	15	(8)
J. Ronald Lally
Infant-Toddler Centers in Italy Today: Tradition and Innovation	23	(15)
Susanna Mantovani
Change in Italian National Policy for Children 0-3 Years Old and Their Families: Advocacy and Responsibility	38	(11)
Patrizia Ghedini
Part II VISION, STRATEGY, AND INNOVATION: EXPERIENCES FROM DIFFERENT CITIES IN ITALY
Reggio Emilia: The Image of the Child and the Child's Environment as a Fundamental Principle	49	(6)
Carlina Rinaldi
Reggio Emilia: Experincing Life in an Infant-Toddler Center Interview with Cristina Bondavalli	55	(12)
Lella Gandini
Milan: Meeting New Kinds of Family Needs	67	(11)
Susanna Mantovani
Parma: Supporting the Work of Teachers Through Professional Development, Organization, and Administrative Support	78	(11)
Nice Terzi
Marialuisa Cantarelli
Pistoia: Creating a Dynamic, Open System to Serve Children, Families, and Community	89	(20)
Annalia Galardini
Donatella Giovannini
Part III NOTABLE PRACTICES: STRATEGIES, REASONS, AND NARRATIVES
Inserimento: A Strategy for Delicately Beginning Relationships and Communications	109	(15)
Chiara Bove
Two Reflections About Documentation	124	(22)
Lella Gandini
Jeanne Goldhaber
Traces of Childhood: A Child's Diary	146	(6)
Donatella Giovannini
Inclusion: Dario's Story	152	(15)
Gabri Magrini
Lella Gandini
Part IV REFLECTIONS BY PARTICIPANT-OBSERVERS AND RESEARCH COLLABORATORS
Knowing and Learning in an Educational Context: A Study in the Infant-Toddler Centers of the City of Pistoia	167	(14)
Tullia Musatti
Susanna Mayer
Research as a Partnership for Learning Together: Studying the Growth of Relationships Inside the Nido	181	(19)
Carolyn Pope Edwards
Lella Gandini
Quando c'e' Figli (When There Are Children): Observations on Italian Early Childhood	200	(16)
Rebecca S. New
Conclusions for Now, Questions and Directions for the Future	216	(11)
Carolyn Pope Edwards
Lella Gandini
About the Editors and the Contributors	227	(4)
Index	231