Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-245) and index.

CONTENTS:

1. Introduction to Reggio Emilia: The Reggio Emilia story : history and organization / Lella Gandini ; Foundations of the Reggio Emila approach / Lella Gandini ; Lessons from an exhibition : reflections of an art educator / Pam Houk ; Reggio Emilia and American schools : telling them apart and putting them together--can we do it? / Joanne Hendrick --

2. Applying key concepts of the Reggio approach: reflections on a year in reggio Emilia : key concepts in rethinking and learning the Reggio way / Eva Tarini ; education as collaboration : learning from and building on Dewey, Vygotsky, and Piaget / Baji Rankin ; Conversations with children / Louise Boyd Cadwell & Brenda Varel Fyfe --

3. American interpretations of the Reggio approach: The challenges of the Reggio Emilia approach / Lilian Katz ; The challenge of Reggio Emilia's research : one teacher's reflections / Donna Carloss Williams & Rebecca Kantor ; Implementing the process of change in a public school setting / Cheryl Breig-Allen & Janis Ullrich Dillon ; Implementing Reggio in an independent school : what works? / Barbara Geiger --

4. Working with staff to bring about change: How the Reggio approach has influenced an inner-city program : exploring Reggio in Head Start and subsidized child care / Karen Haigh ; The Reggio Emilia influence at the University of Michigan--Dearborn child development center : challenges and change / Rosalyn Saltz ; Using the Reggio approach in a children's museum / Fran Donovan --

5. Working with student teachers to bring about change: Observing, recording, understanding : the role of documentation in early childhood teacher education / Jeanne Goldhaber, Dee Smith, & Susan Sortino ; Reconceptualizing early childhood teacher education : preservice teachers as ethnographers / Mary Jane Moran --

6. Where do we go from here?: Next steps in teaching "the Reggio way" : advocating a new image of children / Rebecca New ; Why not? / Joanne Hendrick.