Reggio Emilia Inspiration for Early Education in China: The Case of Zhejiang Province

Authors

Gaoyan Su, Taizghou UniversityFollow
Carolyn P. Edwards, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

7-18-2013

Citation

Su, Gaoyan, & Edwards, C.P. (2016). Reggio Emilia Inspiration for Early Education in China: The Case of Zhejiang Province, Taizhou University, Zhejiang, China, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Published in Digital Commons, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Copyright (c) 2016 Gaoyan Su & Carolyn Pope Edwards.

Abstract

The progressive spirit of the Reggio Emilia experience belongs not to Italy alone, but to the whole world. In this paper we discuss how it is being received in the Zhejiang Province in China, as an example of its promise and potential to influence early childhood reform. In this way, we hope to contribute to international dialogue about Reggio-inspired education and to increase understanding about how its principles and practices are spreading to China, a vast and complex society with non-Western cultural-political traditions and institutions.