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DOCUMENTATION: MAKING OUR WORK AND THE CHILDREN'S VISIBLE

Also from Reggio Emilia:
For people who work with children ages 6 weeks and up

Using my own documentation (photos, examples of children's and teacher's work, from Italy, US and Canada, drawings, and more) we examine what taking the time and energy to represent what goes on in our classrooms can mean to our relationships with children, colleagues, parents, and the larger community.  We look at systems for making the work happen . . . including elements of documentation in Reggio Emilia.

Documentation can support home-school relationships, can help children build upon previous experience, and can help the teacher learn a habit of reflection upon his/her work.  For all these reasons, the transparency of the program which results from making documentation panels is most valuable.  I believe that the door into the Reggio Emilia work is best opened by beginning to document what you do and want others to know about.

This work supports portfolio evaluation, project work, children's self-esteem, adult attention to process, and the fundamental growth of adults who work  with children.

E-mail:  sydney@eceteacher.org, www.eceteacher.org • (C) Copyright Sydney Gurewitz Clemens, 2007