Loris Malaguzzi
Our task, regarding creativity, is to help
children climb their own mountains, as high as
possible. No one can do more.
- Loris Malaguzzi
Malaguzzi’s Biography
• Timeline– Photo 1900’s
• He was born on February 23, 1920 Correggio, Italy
• Loris’s father wanted him to become a teacher – finished in 1939
• During the World War II was teacher
• Married Nilde Bonaccini- had one son
• Died in 1994
Influences
• John Dewey
• Jean Piaget
• Lev Vygotsky
• Put some of the ideas together to make his
own
Background on school
• A rumor about a town in the region Reggio
Romana.
• Rode his bike to the town
• 1st school was paid for by a German tank,
nine horses, and two military trucks
Reggio Emilia
• This approach is all around the world
• For children under the age of 6 years old
• “Children are powerful people, full of the desire
and ability to grow up and construct their own
knowledge”
• Students chose what they want to learn and how
they are going to approach it
Reggio Emilia
• Children learn most through interaction with
other children, parents, and teachers in a
good environment
• Classroom is active and has a lot of things to
do hand on activities
• Space that everyone shares so they interact
with one another
Reggio Emilia
• Projects are chosen by the children
• The Teacher’s Role is to learn with the
students
• Families, Students, Teachers, and School
work together to improve the students
knowledge
Contributions
• His time
• Improved the lives of children
• Helped create another approach on how to
teach young children
Impressions
• He received awards
- Lego prize, 1992
- Kohl Foundation, 1993
• “ A simple, liberating thought came to out aid,
namely that things about children and for
children are only learned from children. We
knew how this was true and, at the same time,
not true. But we needed that assertion and
guiding principle; it gave us strength and turned
out to be an essential part of our collective
wisdom”
Impressions
• “Do nothing without joy”
• Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKKfEZ
pGnq0 120- 233
References
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"History NAREA." North American Reggio Emilia Alliance. Web. 22 Jan 2012.
<http://www.reggioalliance.org/reggio_emilia_italy/history.php>.
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Loh, Andrew. "Reggio Emilia Approach." n. page. Print. <http://www.brainychild.com/article/reggioemilia.shtml>.
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Obituary:Loris Malaguzzi ." Independent. n. page. Print.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-loris-malaguzzi-1367204.html>.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKKfEZpGnq0 . 2011.
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"Pioneers in Our Field: Malaguzzi- Founder of The Reggio Emilia Approach ." (2011): n.
page. Print. <http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/pioneers-our-field-lorismalaguzzi-founder-reggio-emilia-approach>.