Jackie's Blog (4)

Hi All... I'm learning a great deal from my study of the Reggio Inspired identity and have a question and provocation for you all! What is the significance of the trip to Reggio? Can't wait to hear what you think and feel! Jackie Continue

As some of you may already know, my thesis work has been focused on understanding the way in which teachers and administrators build and negotiate both individual and collective Reggio-Inspired identities. Right now I am in the process of analyzing the data that I have collected and beginning to think about the direction that my research has taken. With this in mind, I think it only fitting to open up the discussion to this community and get your views on what it means to be Reggio-Inspired, how… Continue

"The teacher is not removed from her role as an adult, but instead revises it in an attempt to become co-creator, rather than a transmitter, of knowledge and culture. As teachers, we have to carry out this role in the full awareness of our vulnerability, and this means accepting doubts and mistakes as well as allowing for surprise and curiosity, all of which are necessary for true acts of knowledge and creation. This requires a 'powerful' teacher, the only kind of teacher suitable for our equall… Continue

I recently found this quote and would like to share it with everyone. When I read this for the first time, these words truly caused me to pause, reflect and consider my way of being with children. Malaguzzi's wisdom here should speak to all of us regarding the image of the child and the issue of time! "One has to respect the time of maturation; of development; of the tools of doing and understanding; of the full, slow, extravagant, lucid and ever-changing emergence of children's capacities, it… Continue