Environment: The third teacher

We value space because of its power to organize and promote pleasant relationships between people of different ages, create a handsome environment, provide changes, promote choices and activity, and its potential foe sparking all kinds of social, affective, and cognitive learning. All of this contri...

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Main Author: Merewether, Jane
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59243
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description We value space because of its power to organize and promote pleasant relationships between people of different ages, create a handsome environment, provide changes, promote choices and activity, and its potential foe sparking all kinds of social, affective, and cognitive learning. All of this contributes to a sense of well-being and security in children. We also think that the space has to be a sort of aquarium that mirrors the ideas, values, attitudes, and cultures of the people who live within it. (Malaguzzi cited in Gandini, 2012a, p.339)
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-592432019-09-10T06:25:46Z Environment: The third teacher Merewether, Jane We value space because of its power to organize and promote pleasant relationships between people of different ages, create a handsome environment, provide changes, promote choices and activity, and its potential foe sparking all kinds of social, affective, and cognitive learning. All of this contributes to a sense of well-being and security in children. We also think that the space has to be a sort of aquarium that mirrors the ideas, values, attitudes, and cultures of the people who live within it. (Malaguzzi cited in Gandini, 2012a, p.339) 2017 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59243 Oxford University Press restricted
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