The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Experience in Transformation
• Provides resources that allow readers to grasp the changes in the Reggio system and the way teachers, studio teachers, and pedagogical coordinators work today• Presents the voices of the Italian educators themselves, with great care taken to translate their exact words into readable and accessible English• Comprehensively explains how classroom practice must be situated within a supportive organizational structure to create optimal quality in early childhood education• Contributions from leaders from Reggio Emilia and international scholars from Europe and North America, including Loris Malaguzzi, Carlina Rinaldi, Vea Vecchi, Howard Gardner, Gunilla Dahlberg, and others• Illustrated with photographs of the teachers and children in the Reggio Emilia schools as well as drawings from the children of the Reggio Emilia preschools• A bibliography with references and sources follows each chapter• An index provides access to names, concepts, and themes discussed across many of the different chapters