CEP 452 Reggio Emilia & Other Approaches
The Reggio Emilia approach is based on the idea that children have many modes of expression and are speaking a "hundred languages of children." This course will provide students with an overview of the Reggio Emilia approach and how this arts-integrated/arts-based approach can be successfully transferred from classrooms to community learning environments and help skill and creativity development in participants. The focus on the communities and the teaching/learning approach through relationships will be stressed. This course will also discuss other international approaches and educators, for example Waldorf Education, Forest Kindergarten, and Montessori. This course includes field-experience(s) in local community and/or community-based settings. Students are responsible for their own transportation.