INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Malaguzzi and Contemporary Early Years Alternatives: Lessons from Iceland and Reggio Emilia

Saturday 2 November 2013, The Stripe, University of Winchester

Introduced at 9.45am by Winchester’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Joy Carter. Keynote presentations by: Professors Peter Moss and Kristján Kristjánsson,

Kristín Dýrfjörð (Iceland) and Dr Alfredo Hoyuelos (Spain).

Book launch of The Ethics in Loris Malaguzzi’s Philosophy by Alfredo Hoyuelos.

Plenary session Reggio Emilia displays Bookstall

“Nature provides time for mistakes to be corrected (by both children and adults), for prejudices to be overcome, and for children to catch their breath and restore their image of themselves, peers, parents,

teachers, and the world.”

“They (children) are autonomously capable of making meaning from their daily life experiences through mental acts involving planning, coordination of ideas, and abstraction… The central act of adults, therefore, is to activate, especially indirectly, the meaning-making

competencies of children as a basis of all learning.”

“Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have understood well,

perhaps teaching will be different from before.”

“Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high

as possible. No one can do more.”

Bookings begin from 21 August 2013, at: winchester.ac.uk/malaguzzi

Book early to avoid disappointment. Early bird rate until 30 September 2013

Various concessions available (see website for details).