Educators in Reggio Emilia have a “global and flexible approach” to curriculum development. “Initial hypotheses are made about classroom work (as well as about staff development and relationships with parents), but are subject to modifications and changes of direction as the actual work progresses: project work ‘grows in many directions without an overall ordering principle, challenging the mainstream idea of knowledge acquisition as form of linear progression’” (Rinaldi, 2006, p.xi).

In this workshop we lived the process of projecting curriculum. Marie had projected a possible framework and directions for the session and participants shaped the content, processes and products through discussion, reflection and questions.

Participants’ intentions for the weekend included:

           To learn more about the educational experience of Reggio Emilia municipal schools.

           To apply the concept of projecting curriculum in a big, busy school.

           To connect projected curriculum with Curriculum Framework learning outcomes.

           To connect the principles from Reggio Emilia with other processes being used: e.g. restorative justice, student-centred learning.

           To connect the philosophy of projecting curriculum with other philosophical approaches including Steiner.

           To come together as a community to learn and to grow together as we make our own journey within our shared journey.

           To be inspired.