Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Howard Gardner -- Reggio : a city of courtesy, curiosity, and imagination / Jerome Bruner -- No way. The hundred is there / Loris Malaguzzi -- Introduction : background and starting points / Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini, and George Forman -- History, ideas, and basic principles : an interview with Loris Malaguzzi / Lella Gandini -- Malaguzzi's story, other stories, and respect for children / David Hawkins -- Our responsibility toward young children and toward their community / Graziano Delrio -- Reggio Emilia : a transforming city / Sandra Piccinini and Claudia Giudici -- Micro-project and macro-policy : learning through relationships / Peter Moss -- Parent participation in the governance of the schools : an interview with Sergio Spaggiari / Lella Gandini -- The pedagogical coordinating team and professional development / Paola Cagliari, Tiziana Filippini, Elena Giacopini, Simona Bonilauri, and Deanna Margini -- Teacher and learner, partner and guide : the role of the teacher / Carolyn Edwards -- The observant teacher : observation as a reciprocal tool of professional development: an interview with Amelia Gambetti / Lella Gandini -- The inclusive community / Ivana Soncini -- From messages to writing : experiences in literacy / Laura Rubizzi and Simona Bonilauri -- Pedagogical documentation : a practice for negotiation and democracy / Gunilla Dahlberg -- The pedagogy of listening : the listening perspective from Reggio Emilia / Carlina Rinaldi -- Negotiated learning through design, documentation, and discourse / George Forman and Brenda Fyfe -- The relationship between documentation and assessment / Brenda Fyfe -- Is beauty a way of knowing? / Margie Cooper -- The atelier : a conversation with Vea Vecchi / Lella Gandini -- Connecting through caring and learning spaces / Lella Gandini -- The use of digital media in Reggio Emilia / George Forman -- The Loris Malaguzzi International Center / Carlina Rinaldi and Sandra Piccinini -- Final reflections and guiding strategies for teaching / Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini, and George Forman -- Glossary of terms used by educators in Reggio Emilia.

"Why does the city of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy feature one of the best public systems of early education in the world? This book documents the comprehensive and innovative approach that utilizes the "hundred languages of children" to support their well-being and foster their intellectual development"--