What is the main information that you have taken from the article? Why did you choose this article to reflect upon?

The culture of the atelier in the infant-toddler centres and preschools of the municipality of Reggio Emilia https://www.reggioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Innov.23.2.web-sm.pdf  p.1-7.

Reflective questions: on the basis of this article link of the article is given above!

1. What is the main information that you have taken from the article? Why did you choose this article to reflect upon?

2. What I now understand in relation to some of the course’s key words reflected in the learning outcomes of this course are…

Course Learning Outcomes:

• Define relationality, relational aesthetics, pedagogy of listening, and languages of expressivity.

• Describe the atelier, materiality, provocation, and art as an encounter. 

• Identify art materials that support co-creation and co-engagement in playful experimentation, investigation, and collective inquiry with children.  

• Examine personal experiences with art, story, and sustainable materials.  

• Document artful encounters in respectful relationship with materials.  

• Critique visual art narratives of paper, paint, clay, charcoal, pastels, blocks, and light to ask questions that generate curiosity. 

• Create pedagogical documentation that honours individuality, inclusion, and cultural diversity, including Indigenous guiding principles and Francophone identity.

3. How does the information in the article influence your thinking on creativity/expressivity? What I have learned about myself (values, attitudes, beliefs) is……

4. How does the information support or challenge the information that has been presented in class?

5. Discuss how the information in the article may influence your work with children in terms of supporting creativity/expressivity. The challenges I have come up against when I think of applying what I learned in the reading to my teaching practice are…