Dialogues with Reggio Emilia

For connoisseurs, Dialogues with Reggio Emilia is a unique reference work in Brazil. For those new to the book, it offers a moving account of one of the most transformative educational approaches in the world.

Reggio Emilia is a city in northeastern Italy, a benchmark for excellence in education . It was in the post-war period that its citizens decided to rethink their future by creating a new school. The proposal, conceived by Loris Malaguzzi , is based on the pedagogy of listening , in which children are placed as protagonists of their own learning process . The school space is designed based on the principles of horizontality and mutual respect , against any kind of hierarchy.

Parental participation in the school's daily life is encouraged, as is that of the community. There is no conventional teaching of traditional subjects , and the workshops allow children to have comprehensive contact with a wide variety of art forms. The result is fascinating, given the increase in institutions adopting this approach in Italy and around the world.

However, it took many years from the first Reggio Emilia school to international recognition. It only happened in 1991, when Newsweek magazine published an article with the ten best schools in the world and placed Reggio Emilia as the best example for early childhood .

Dialogues with Reggio Emilia is the record of practices and experiences of this pedagogical approach, by one of its greatest enthusiasts and disseminators, Carla Rinaldi . It brings together articles, lectures, and interviews , and also includes comments and updates from the educator herself , presenting an overview of the Reggio Emilia approach and its rewarding results.