Adapting the Reggio Emilia Approach in Libraries

Authors

  • Katherine Hickey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.17.3.13

Abstract

After the devastation of World War II, the parents of the Italian city of Reggio Emilia came together with a plan to build early childhood schools that would foster rich learning environments and critical thinking for their children.

That philosophy, known as the Reggio Emilia Approach (REA), was developed in the mid-1940s and was groundbreaking due to its participative and collaborative nature among children, parents, and educators.

Author Biography

Katherine Hickey

Katherine Hickey earned a MS in Human Development from Virginia Tech and an MLIS from the University of Oklahoma. She works as a Children’s Librarian for the Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma City.

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Published

2019-09-03

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2019): Fall

Section

Features

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