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Publication Date: 2011-Oct
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Revealing the Experience of Children and Teachers Even in Their Absence: Documenting in the Early Childhood Studio
Parnell, Will
Journal of Early Childhood Research, v9 n3 p291-309 Oct 2011
Inspired by the educational approach in the municipal pre-primary schools and infant-toddler centers of Reggio Emilia, Italy, two studio teachers and a researcher participant in Portland, Oregon capture classroom work, make investigations and interpretations in the studio as a laboratory space of learning, help children represent thinking, and collaboratively share their ideas with colleagues, parents, and their local community. Through their work of documenting young children's learning, a researcher-participant aims to liberate the studio teachers' narrative-episodes with a fundamental question: what meaning can be found in the studio experiences of documenting young children's learning? The research results are phenomenological in nature and cascade into three narrative-episodes and discussions. Conclusions and implications for future research follow. In the end, the team finds the importance in their studio practice as a way to create meaning in everyday experiences. (Contains 8 figures.)
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Phenomenology, Learning Experience, Experiential Learning, Researchers, Documentation, Cooperation, Teacher Role, Hermeneutics, Data Interpretation, Investigations, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy; Oregon
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