A new approach to children's education quarterly

A new approach to children's education quarterly

Presenting a model of preschool growth curriculum with Reggio Emilia approach

Document Type : Original Article

Author
soraya Baghershahi
PhD Student in Curriculum Planning, Azad University, South Tehran Branch
10.22034/naes.2021.277600.1105
Abstract
The aim of this study was to present a model of preschool growth curriculum with Reggio Emilia's approach. For this purpose, a qualitative and interpretive approach was used. In the present study, open and unstructured interview tools with experts are used to collect information. Obviously, the use of existing documents related to the research topic has also been used after conducting a total of 15 interviews with professors who had good experience in the field and studying them several times, four main topics and 15 sub-topics including flexibility in objectives. , Participation in goals, Emphasis on non-predetermined goals, Focus on child interests, Unauthorized nature of content, Content facilitation, Content usability, Game use, Dialectics, Instant education, Learning communities, Brainstorming and action-oriented, Process-oriented and project-centric were identified in the evaluation. These 15 sub-themes were categorized into main topics, thus obtaining four main themes including purpose, content, method and evaluation , method and evaluation
Keywords
Vegetable Curriculum
Reggio Emilia
Preschool

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 16 March 2021
  • Revise Date 18 April 2021
  • Accept Date 26 April 2021
  • First Publish Date 26 April 2021
  • Publish Date 22 December 2021