Loris Malaguzzi in Early Childhood Education

Loris Malaguzzi in early
childhood education

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
The Historical, social, and political contexts regarding the Reggio Emilia Approach..........3
The Reggio Emilia Approach develops the children mindset................................................4
According to the Reggio Emilia Approach, what are the image of the child and the teacher's
role..........................................................................................................................................6
The Reggio Emilia Approaches continuing contribute in the modern early childhood
education.................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Providing education in early childhood can be beneficial in many aspects such as enhancing
social skill, boost confidence level, greater coordination as well as enhance creativity. Early
childhood education is a learning conception which is linked up with the conventional or causal
teaching methods for the children's which begins right after the birth to the age of eight. This
will develop a surrounding which is suitable for the learning and it is not possible to construct
that surrounding environment at home. Furthermore, this will also give the child exposure for the
new experiences. Loris Malaguzzi was an early childhood educator and was founder of an
educational philosophy which is known as the Reggio Emilia Approach. His aim was to develop
a strong, competent, and resilient children's. Malaguzzi believed that through his principle
guidelines children can better solve problems, engage in surrounding and develop new skills. In
this discussion, there is focus over the historical, social and political context for the Reggio
Emilia Approach. Furthermore, this discussion is also describing about how the Reggio Emilia
Approach has contributed and enhanced the learning in Early Childhood Education along with
the children image the role of the teacher as per the Reggio Emilia Approach developed by the
Loris Malaguzzi. At the end of this report, this discussion will further focus over how the Reggio
Emilia Approach is facilitating the modern learning.
Main Body
The Historical, social, and political contexts regarding the Reggio Emilia Approach
Historical Context- After the World War II, the children are in need of new learning
manner in order to prepare children mind as an asset for future. In 2005, Jackman stated that
“Reggio Emiliais” a town in northern Italy and it became their name in the world by renowned
the approach in early childhood education. After the World War II the establishment is called the
Reggio Emilia. During that time the working parents were helped to build the new school for
their children at their early stage. Loris Malaguzzi was the founder of Reggio Emilia approach.
The Malaguzzi was the promising teacher who heard about the school from the villagers of Villa
Cella. The villagers of Villa Cella had built the school as the community was very close to
Reggio Emilia. Loris Malaguzzi was so impressed by the work progress. So, after the retirement
as director. He built a program which was praised by the early-childhood educators all over the
world who is commitment to the innovation (Mesher & Amoriggi., (2001)).