Aesthetics of Relationships in the Early Childhood Classroom

Posted on by Debi Keyte-Hartland

The aesthetics of learning or the seeking out of beauty and loveliness as Vecchi (2010) described it has been embraced by the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy and can be seen in the ateliers, the spaces and rich environments of the schools, the presentation of children’s learning processes through pedagogical documentation as well as in the … Continue reading Aesthetics of Relationships in the Early Childhood Classroom

Children, Empathy, Ideas and Ecology

Posted on by Debi Keyte-Hartland

Loris Malaguzzi, recalling Barry Commoner wrote that ‘ecology will be the alphabet of the future.  We are part of an ecosystem…our earthly journey is a journey made together with the environment, with nature, with the cosmos…[This is] where the great web of our lives exists.”   Malaguzzi, inspired also by Gregory Bateson was convinced that … Continue reading Children, Empathy, Ideas and Ecology