Godfrey Reggio

Final Exam 1. Describe intentional teaching as it relates to the early childhood classroom. What does this look like on a day-to-day basis? What are the tenets of best practice in an intentional classroom? Intentional teaching is acting with a goal in mind for children’s development and having a plan to accomplish it (Epstein, 2014). The intentional teacher has clearly defined objectives and instructional strategies for the children to achieve the goals (Epstein, 2014). Best practices in…

ideas that curriculum should reflect the way children think and process information. Piaget’s theory that cognitive development occurs in four stages; sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational are also essential to the Reggio Emilia Approach, where the learning process happens over time, developing and growing with each stage of development. Malaguzzi drew from Vygotsky’s idea that there is a zone of proximal development that children best learn when being…

The Reggio Emilia education style started in the town and surrounding towns of Reggio Emilia in Italy out of improving and collaborative manor within early childhood education. Reggio Emilia is not a method. You don't have to be trained to teach Reggio Emilia to students but it is unique. It is believed that Reggio-inspired schools should not look the same, therefore the needs and interests of the children should be included as each child has different interests and needs at different times…

neuroscientists. This is shown by the success of preschoolers that are taught by the Reggio approach. Within this approach, very young children are expected to be able to complete complicated tasks that are not always thought to be capable of children their age. Supporters of this education approach say that children are able to learn how to solve problems instead of just having the answers given to them. The Reggio approach emphasizes the potential in young children, instead of repressing…

If I would be a head teacher in a preschool then I would like the Emergent curriculum. . I would like the Reggio Emilia approach for my curriculum, because their approach is emerging from the children’s interest. Their philosophy is all about observing what children already know and what could challenge them. When the curriculum will be children based then it will be more creative and it will develop the children’s self-esteem. The most important preschool curriculum is when it comes from the…

Deconstruction of Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983) by Natalie Bakeer Koyaansiqatsi is paced and sequenced in an interesting manner. The way the shots are sequenced, affect how people think and feel about the film. The pace of the shots, along with the powerful score, by Phillip Glass, determine the feelings viewers get as they watch it. Sometimes Reggio decided what to shoot only after Glass came up with the music that would end up energizing Reggio’s films. Reggio chose to shoot unscripted…

literature, films, paintings and songs; but no matter the type of art, a message is shown. The message that was portrayed in The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald was very similar to the message shown in the film Powaqqatsi directed by Godfrey Reggio. Even though The Great Gatsby and Powaqqatsi are not the same type of art, they both show that humans are regularly thinking about moving forward, instead of simply appreciating what they have. Comparing the two media help answer: Which…

In “The Veldt,” by Ray Bradbury, the parents, George and Lydia, are to criticize for their own annihilation. The Veldt is a story about how virtual reality had a deficient influence on a family. This family moved into a house with an excessive load of technology. Everyday the children, Wendy and Peter, would go to the nursery and wreckage around with the virtual reality. They spent hours and sometimes even days in there. After a while they got incredibly addicted to the VR and never interacted…

quickly and easily. It improves the process and increases the performance and productivity. Electronic emails, internet, and document scanners have led to paper and printing cost reduction. It’s not that we use technology, we live technology.” – Godfrey…

efficient system. Throughout history, technology has shaped society as people know it to be; however, contrary to popular belief, the ways in which technology affects the groundwork of society is extremely limited. The film Powaqqatsi directed by Godfrey Reggio and the painting “Alley By The Lake” by Leonid Afremov both illustrate that, while technology does influence minor cultural characteristics and the “appearance” of a society, the foundations and major precedents including religion,…