Launching into the Reggio Approach (Australian Contexts)

Presenter: Sheryle Yorston

Date: Saturday 29 April 2023

Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm

Venue: Glenelg Golf Club

Category: Workshop

Registrations are limited to 30 places.

Registrations close midday on Wednesday 26 April 2023.

Registrations have now closed

Program Description

This workshop has been developed to provide a context for the educational project of Reggio Emilia in Australia, as an introduction or a chance to revisit. It is suitable for those at the beginning of their Reggio Emilia journey and also for those wanting to revisit and relaunch their understandings.

The workshop highlights and reinforces the complex structures, role and organisation which underpin the educational project of Reggio Emilia and provides examples where educators have contextualised these provocations in Australian educational settings.

The session focuses on:

• The cultural context and systemic organisation

• The search and research for a different approach to learning and teaching

• The principles of the Reggio Emilia educational project in practice.

Sheryle Yorston is an experienced early childhood teacher and long-time member of REAIE and the Adelaide Network. Her experiences include teaching in a variety of early childhood settings, early childhood leadership and more recently, work with preservice teachers and coordinating private professional learning with REAIE.

Sheryle continues to be challenged, excited and inspired by the principles of the educational project of Reggio Emilia and the possibilities they afford to positively impact on the lives and learning of children, families and educators. She is passionate about exploring these possibilities with others.