Nursery World - Early Years Pioneers

What were the Reggio Emilia co-founder’s achievements and what is his legacy? By early years consultant and author Linda Pound

Photo by Laura Magnavacchi of Caiden working in the Pre-school 1 Atelier at Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing

Loris Malaguzzi was born in Correggio, in northern Italy, in 1920 and lived and worked in the region until his death in Reggio Emilia in 1994.

He began training as a teacher in 1939. His philosophy and approach to the education of young children came to the fore at the end of the Second World War. Women who had been involved in the resistance movement against fascist oppression during the war worked together to fight for pre-school education for their children. Their aim was to raise children who could think for themselves so that fascism could never again overpower the country. They saw danger in education that led children to blindly obey.

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