Art and Creativity in Reggio Emilia: Exploring the Role and Potential of Ateliers in Early Childhood Education

by Vea Vecchi

Book Overview

This book explores the contribution of and art and creativity to early education, and examines the role of the atelier (an arts workshop in a school) and atelierista (an educator with an arts background) in the pioneering pre-schools of Reggio Emilia. It does so through the unique experience of Vea Vecchi, one of the first atelieristas to be appointed in Reggio Emilia in 1970.

Part memoir, part conversation and part reflection, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415468787
• ISBN13: 9780415468787
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"