The Reggio Emilia approach uses an emergent curriculum. This means that the curriculum builds upon things the children are interested in. Teachers plan activities and projects that coincide with the students' interests.
In Reggio Emilia classrooms children are very active in their education. Students do a lot of project work. The students learn how to investigate, and carry out projects based on things that appeal to them.
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I think this is very important because some children will choose not to learn if it doesn't appeal to their interests. For example when I was in third grade I hated reading and was reading at a 2nd grade reading level. When the next reading test came it happened to be about frogs which was my favorite animal and I was very interested in reading about that. My reading level jumped to a 7th grade reading level.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is so cool to have children learn about what they are interested in. I think that students would be so focused because they are learning something they like. I feel that all educational settings should give work to students they are interested in or that will give them a spence that learning can be fun.
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