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Preschool Education: The Reggio Emilia Approach

Course ID: 188509
Alison
Course Location
4-5 hours
Free

Course Content

This free online pedagogy course covers the basics of the student-centred Reggio Emilia approach to preschool education. This course explores the Reggio Emilia approach to preschool education and its brief history. We explain how this approach defines the roles of children and teachers and study the environmental factors that play an influential role in childhood development. We also establish the importance of creativity and pedagogic documentation in this teaching model. Sign up to learn how to nurture the social and creative development of preschoolers.

Course Details

Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration4-5 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Explain the importance and purpose of preschool education
• Discuss the difference between the constructivist model and other contemporary educational approaches
• Outline key aspects of the Reggio Emilia approach
• Summarise how the Reggio Emilia approach defines children’s and teachers' responsibilities
• Describe the role of the environment in all aspects of preschool learning and teaching
• Explain the importance of pedagogical documentation in encouraging reflective thinking in children
• Summarise how the Reggio Emilia approach prioritises creativity in early childhood education
• Compare the Montessori, Waldorf and Reggio Emilia teaching models
Course Code5166

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