Working in the Reggio Way: A Beginner's Guide for American Teachers

by Julianne Wurm and Julianne P. Wurm

Book Overview

Working in the Reggio Way helps teachers of young children bring the innovative practices of the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, to American classrooms. Written by an educator who observed and worked... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929610645
• ISBN13: 9781929610648
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Redleaf Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent teacher resource - can be applied in almost any classroom environment.

Reggio, in the broadest sence, can be used in any classroom, simply by allowing children (or adults) to learn by discovery.

Great Resource

I recently came back from a Teachers conference and took a class on Reggio style. The teacher recommended this book, since I enjoyed the class I bought the book. THIS book is the only Reggio text that I have found that actually gives me ways to use this method of teaching in my classroom. I don't want page after page of how it worked somewhere else, I want to know how I can make Reggio-style WORK in MY classroom. This book gave me those tools.

Excellent Resource-

I bought this book after it was recommended in a professional mentor group as a great resource for making authentic changes in individual settings. I found the book to be engaging and easy to read. The suggestions are very practical and respect the individuality of each school site that may use the book. I found the book to be completely process oriented and made me much more aware of the history and thinking in Reggio than other sources I had consulted before. I love that is it a first person account and not based on distant research but original research. I would recommend this book for anyone looking to begin the process of change in their school.

An ECE thumbs up!

I have had the pleasure and opportunity to have had Ms. Wurm work as my program's consultant this year. Reading "Working in the Reggio Way A Beginners Guide for Teachers" really brings all of the theory and practice that Julie Lives, Walks and Breathes! I found this book to be "People Friendly" and a hard one to put down! This book really empowers ECE teachers in creating our own "Reggio Way" here in the states. It's also a book which reminds us to place children first.