STUDY GROUP

The Reggio Emilia Approach to Education

International Study Group

The International Study Group is an in-person study opportunity for deeper investigation of the contents, values and concepts of the Reggio Emilia Approach®.

A professional development journey at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre in Reggio Emilia on April 7 - 11, 2025

This study group is promoted by Reggio Children with Preschools and Infant-toddler Centres - Istituzione of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia.

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WHO

Teachers, educators, professionals and all those interested in learning about Reggio Emilia's educational project

WHEN

From Monday April 7
to Friday April 11, 2025

WHERE

Loris Malaguzzi International Centre
Reggio Emilia - Italy

LANGUAGE

English/Italian with consecutive translation

Our task is to help children communicate with the world using all their potential, strengths, and languages, and to overcome any obstacle presented by our culture which still too often impoverishes the child by the excess and intrusiveness of classificatory theorizing, or by the shortcomings or undervaluing of educational research and practice. 

Loris Malaguzzi

 

During the study group you will have opportunities for connecting with different professional profiles: pedagogistas, atelieristas and teachers who work at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre as well as in Reggio Emilia's Infant-toddler Centres and Preschools.


You will also have the opportunity to connect with other participants coming from all over the world, exchanging experiences and building dialogues and connections.

 

This International Study Group will focus on investigating different educational professional profiles from multiple points of view: roles, responsibilities, organisation, working strategies, collegiality, professional learning, self-organised professional learning, research, and designing/progettazione.

 

THE PROGRAMME WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH:

  • Understanding the principles of the educational project, including essential elements of daily life in the Infant-toddler Centres and Preschools
  • Learning about the objectives and identities of the Infant-toddler Centres and Preschools
  • Presentations of research projects and documentation made by teachers, atelieristas and pedagogistas working in Preschools and Infant-toddler Centres
  • Encountering the city and community of Reggio Emilia and the social, cultural and educational context
  • Visiting the Preschools and/or Infant-toddler Centres as examples of visible learning
  • Participating in Ateliers for first hand exploration of the 100 languages
  • Participating in work-and-reflection groups
  • Visiting the exhibitions and spaces of the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre

 

Reggio Children s.r.l reserves the right to modify the program, due to organizational needs or for exceptional circumstances. Such changes, may be made to dates, times, activities of the days, program and speakers. These possible organizational changes do not give the right to any refund. Specifically, it should be noted that the visits to Infant Toddler Centres and Preschools will be possible only and exclusively if the health conditions in force in Italy at the time of the visit together with the authorisation decided and issued by the Preschools and Infant-toddler centres – Istituzione of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia will allow it.

 

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DO YOU COME FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND OR SOUTH AFRICA?
Our International Network representatives are collecting groups of educators participating in the International Study Group. Being part of their group will give you the possibility of having additional services.
Please check the representative in your Country and register in the International Study Group through them.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Please contact saraannigoni@reggiochildren.it

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More Info

How much does it cost to participate in the Study Group and what the fee includes?

 

The fee is € 1,400 per person.

Limited places.

 

THE FEE INCLUDES: 

  • more than 30 hours of professional development: theoretical sessions of lectures and presentation of projects and experiences with teachers, pedagogistas and atelieristas of the Infant-toddler Centres and Preschools of Reggio Emilia
  • 2 hours of Atelier at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre
  • an online reserved area with information and materials
  • a welcome bag
  • bus transportation when required by the programme
  • English-italian consecutive translation when required by the programme
  • coffee breaks and 5 buffet lunches at Pause “Atelier of Tastes”

 

Accommodation and travel expenses are not included in this fee.

 

Reggio Children s.r.l reserves the right to modify the program, due to organizational needs or for exceptional circumstances. Such changes, may be made to dates, times, activities of the days, program and speakers. These possible organizational changes do not give the right to any refund. Specifically, it should be noted that the visits to Infant Toddler Centres and Preschools will be possible only and exclusively if the health conditions in force in Italy at the time of the visit together with the authorisation decided and issued by the Preschools and Infant-toddler centres – Istituzione of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia will allow it.

How can I get to the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre?

 

The best way to go to Reggio Emilia is to fly into Bologna airport which is the closest one and then take a train to Reggio Emilia.

Other airport options are Milan Linate or Milan Malpensa and Verona  and then take a train to Reggio Emilia.

Please check on your train connections here.

If I can't participate, can I get a refund or move my registration to another scheduled Study Group?

 

If you cancel your registration within 14 days prior to the start of the program, you will receive the 75% refund.

In case of cancellations received within 13 days prior to the start of the program, and for “no shows” or for unused services once the program is in progress, no refund of any kind will be due by Reggio Children srl. 

It is not possible to move one's participation fee from one Study Group to another, even if the participation fee is the same.

See our Term and conditions.

Reggio Emilia Approach

The Reggio Emilia Approach® is an educational philosophy based on the image of a child with strong potentialities for development and a subject with rights, who learns through the hundred languages belonging to all human beings, and grows in relations with others.

The Loris Malaguzzi International Centre

The Centre is open to all, as a place of meeting and discussion for people who wish to innovate education and culture, in Reggio Emilia, Italy and the world. It is a genuine manifesto of the Reggio Emilia Approach® with events, exhibitions on  educational projects, ateliers, a bookshop and a centre for educational documentation and research.

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