Twilight Public Lecture: Making learning visible in early childhood settings
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Theatre Q230, Level 2, Kwong Lee Dow Building
234 Queensberry Street
Carlton, VIC 3010
On Thursday 7 November, the REEaCh Hub will host a Twilight lecture on 'Making learning visible in early childhood settings' presented by Dr Mara Krechevsky, Research Director of Project Zero, at Harvard University. The lecture will also include a response from Professor Nicola Yelland from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education.
The Municipal Preschools and Infant-toddler Centres of Reggio Emilia, Italy, are arguably the most powerful experiment in early childhood education of the last fifty years. These schools have drawn international attention to the extraordinary capacities of children as individual and group learners, the potentials of dedicated teachers, and the role of education in a democratic society. In this talk, Mara Krechevsky explores two key components of the Reggio approach: the power of the group as a learning environment and documentation as a way to shape and deepen learning. She will also consider what happens in a community when children are seen as current, not just future, citizens.