Emergent Curriculum

The following is extracted from John Nimmo‘s lecture(Inspirations from the Reggio Emillia Experience) that impressed me deeply last term in ECNU.
Inspirations from the Reggio Emilia Experience
Children and Teachers as Researchers at the Child Study and Development Center
I.A sense of place and history
II.An environment that provokes thinking
III.Drawing to learn(a process of Cognition)
IV.Using tools and materials in new ways
V.Parents as collaborators reflecting on our practice together
Core Ideas:
.Children as researchers
.Teachers as researchers
.Emergent Curriculum
.Documentation for depth & Complexity
.Representation as a tool for learning
.Home-school--Community Collaboration
A case study: the wedding investigation,a journey into the expected and unexpected
Sharing ideas and theories
What is a wedding?
Why do people have wedding?
Tessa:Because they want to get married and have a happy family and see and meet their cousins.
Nina:A wedding is with a car and she rided inside the car,it was old fashion.They didn‘t see but they ran over Philip‘s toe. Becca is now married to Uncle Jim and now they live in Vemont.
Sena: I think I know why they put flowers in their hair, they called flowers-ring.
Jessica:A wedding is when people want to live with another person and they were boyfriend and girlfriend ...