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EVALUATING REGGIO EMILIA-INSPIRED DOCUMENTATION WORKS THROUGH DOCUMENT ANALYSIS

Year 2021, Volume: 34 Issue: 1, 263 - 297, 24.04.2021
https://doi.org/10.19171/uefad.776019

Abstract

Reggio Emilia pre-schools in Italy have inspired the whole world with their unique education system. With the recent spread of Reggio Emilia inspired pre-schools in Turkey, documentation, which is accepted as a part of education in these schools, is also being studied and implemented by teacher-researchers. However, many educators are either unable to do it correctly or give up, losing their courage due to lack of guidance. This research aims to examine and evaluate the "written, visual and video" documentation documents, which are the primary source of the documentation work carried out in the Reggio Emilia inspired pre-school in Turkey. In doing so, it aims to make teaching and learning visible, in the context of the documentation principle of the Reggio Emilia approach. The current research used the qualitative research method document analysis in accordance with the social-constructivist nature of the Reggio Emilia approach and the nature of the documentation. Documentation panel documents containing written and visual data were collected in accordance with the document analysis method, and content analysis technique was used in the analysis of the data. The current research analyzed science/nature-oriented birds project named "In the Trace of a Feather", which was carried out at the Reggio Emilia inspired Vahide Yılmaz Pre-school. The findings of the research conducted on its documentation panel showed that such documentation panel was successful in making teaching and learning visible by others as making teaching and learning visible is one of the first aims of documentation. At the end of the research, based on the findings, the details of such success, important points to consider, discussion of the analysis and recommendations were stated.  

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  • Yılmaz, G., İlkörücü, Ş., & Çepni, S. (2018). The effects of parent-involved science activities on basic science process skills of the children in the age group of 5-6. Pegem Eğitim ve Öğretim Dergisi, 8(4), 879-903.

REGGIO EMILIA-İLHAMLI DOKÜMANTASYON ÇALIŞMASININ DOKÜMAN İNCELEMESİ YÖNTEMİYLE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Year 2021, Volume: 34 Issue: 1, 263 - 297, 24.04.2021
https://doi.org/10.19171/uefad.776019

Abstract

İtalya’daki Reggio Emilia anaokulları kendilerine özgü okul öncesi eğitim sistemiyle tüm dünyaya ilham kaynağı olmuştur. Son yıllarda Türkiye’de Reggio Emilia ilhamlı anaokullarının yaygınlaşmasıyla birlikte, bu okullarda eğitimin bir parçası olarak kabul edilen dokümantasyon çalışması da eğitimciler tarafından merak edilmekte ve uygulanmaya çalışılmaktadır. Ancak birçok eğitimci, dokümantasyonu ya doğru şekilde yapamamakta ya da önünde bir yol gösterici olmaması nedeniyle cesaretini kaybedip dokümantasyon yapmaktan vazgeçmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, Türkiye’de Reggio Emilia ilhamlı anaokulunda gerçekleşmiş bir dokümantasyon çalışmasını incelemek ve değerlendirmektir. Bunun için dokümantasyon çalışmasının birincil kaynağı olan ve öğrenmeyi dışarıda görünür kılmayı amaçlayan, “yazılı, görsel ve video” türündeki dokümantasyon belgeleri, Reggio Emilia yaklaşımındaki dokümantasyon prensibi bağlamında incelenmiş ve değerlendirilmiştir. Bu araştırmada, Reggio Emilia yaklaşımının sosyal-yapılandırmacı doğasına ve dokümantasyonun doğasına uygun olarak, nitel araştırma desenlerinden doküman incelemesi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Doküman incelemesi yöntemine uygun olarak yazılı ve görsel verileri içeren dokümantasyon panelinin dokümanları toplanmış, bu verilerin analizinde içerik analizi tekniğinden yararlanılmıştır. Bu araştırmada, Reggio Emilia ilhamlı Vahide Yılmaz Anaokulu’nda gerçekleşmiş “Bir Tüyün İzinde” isimli kuşlar projesine ait dokümantasyon çalışması analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonuçlarına göre, ilgili dokümantasyon paneli, öğrenmeyi ve eğitimi başarılı bir şekilde görünür hale getirmiştir. Nitekim öğrenmeyi ve eğitimi görünür kılmak, dokümantasyon çalışmasının başlıca amaçlarından bir tanesidir. Bu başarının detayları, önemli noktalar, analiz sonuçlarının tartışması ve öneriler araştırmanın sonunda sunulmuştur.

References

  • Avery, J., Callaghan, K., & Wien, C. A. (2016). Documenting children’s meanings: Engaging in design and creativity with children and families. Davis Publications.
  • Bağçeli Kahraman, P., Yılmaz, S., & İlyas, G. (2019). The views of the preschool children in the countryside and city zones regarding environmental pollution. Bartın Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 8(3), 783-810.
  • Başal, H. A. (2015). Okulöncesi ve ilkokul çocukları için uygulamalı çevre eğitimi. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
  • Bowen, G. A. (2009). Document analysis as a qualitative research method. Qualitative Research Journal, 9(2), 27-40.
  • Cadwell, L. B. (2011). Reggio Emilia yöntemiyle harika çocuk yetiştirmek: Eğitimciler ve anne babalar için. Kaknüs Yayınları.
  • Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (2008). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (3rd ed.). Sage.
  • Dilek, Ö., & Atasoy, V. (2020). Forest applications in pre-school period: A case study. International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 10(2), 195-215.
  • Edwards, C.P., Hamel, E., Leeper-Miller, J., & Ren, L. (2020). Improving reflective practice: A documentation rubric for mentoring preservice and in-service teachers. Journal of
  • Early Childhood Teacher Education, 41(1), 2-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2018.1463321
  • Forman, G. (2010). Documentation and accountability: The shift from numbers to indexed narratives. Theory Into Practice, 49(1), 29-35.
  • Forman, G., & Fyfe, B. (1998). Negotiated learning through design, documentation and discourse. In C. Edwards, L. Gandini, & G. Forman (Eds.), The hundred languages of children: The Reggio Emilia approach-advanced reflections (pp. 239-260). Ablex.
  • Gandini, L., & Kaminsky, J. A. (2004). Reflections on the relationships between documentation and assessment in the American context: An interview with Brenda Fyfe. Innovations in Early Education: The International Reggio Exchange, 11(1), 5-17.
  • Giamminuti, S. (2011). The ‘value of locality’ in early childhood settings: Pedagogical documentation in the Reggio Emilia educational project. Canadian Children, 36(2), 4-10.
  • Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research. Aldine.
  • Goldhaber, J. (2007). The development of an early childhood teacher research collaborative. Theory Into Practice, 46(1), 74-80.
  • Helm, J. H., & Katz, L. (2001). Young investigators: The Project Approach in the early years. Teachers College, Columbia University.
  • İnan, H. Z. (2007). An interpretivist approach to understanding how natural sciences are represented in a Reggio Emilia-inspired pre-school classroom [Yayınlanmamış doktora tezi]. The Ohio State University, USA.
  • İnan, H. Z. (2012). Okul öncesi eğitiminde çağdaş yaklaşımlar: Reggio Emilia ve proje yaklaşımı. Anı Yayıncılık.
  • İnan, H. Z., Trundle, K. C., & Kantor-Martin, R. (2010). Understanding natural sciences education in a Reggio Emilia-inspired pre-school. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 47(10), 1186-1208.
  • Katz, L. G., & Chard, S. C. (1997). Documentation: The Reggio Emilia approach. Principal, 76, 16-17.
  • Kılınç, A. (2010). Can Project-based learning close the gap? Turkish student teachers and proenvironmental behaviors. International Journal of Environmental & Science Education, 5(4), 495-509.
  • Kline, L. S. (2008). Documentation panel: The “making learning visible” project. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 29(1), 70-80.
  • Lim, S. & Cho, M. H. (2019). Parents’ use of mobile documentation in a Reggio Emilia Inspired school. Early Childhood Education Journal, 47(4), 367-379.
  • Reggio Children S.r.l. (2000). Everything has a shadow except ants (2nd ed.). Reggio Emilia, Italy.
  • Schroeder-Yu, G. (2008). Documentation: Ideas and applications from the Reggio Emilia approach. Teaching Artist Journal, 6(2),126-134.
  • Malaguzzi, L. (1998). History, ideas and basic philosophy: An interview with Lella Gandini. In C. Edwards, L. Gandini, & G. Forman (Eds.), The hundred languages of children: The Reggio Emilia approach-advanced reflections (pp. 49-97). Ablex.
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  • Özkan, U. B. (2019). Eğitim bilimleri araştırmaları için doküman inceleme yöntemi. PegemA Akademi.
  • Rinaldi, C. (1998). Projected curriculum constructed through documentation-progettazione: An interview with Lella Gandini. In C. Edwards, L. Gandini, & G. Forman (Eds.), The hundred languages of children: The Reggio Emilia approach-advanced reflections (pp. 113-125). Ablex.
  • Turner, T., & Wilson, D. G. (2010). Reflections on documentation: A discussion with thought leaders from Reggio Emilia. Theory Into Practice, 49(1), 5-13.
  • Wien, C. A., Guyevskey, V., & Berdoussis, N. (2011). Learning to document in Reggio-inspired education. ECRP: Early Childhood Research & Practice, 13(2), n/a.
  • Yılmaz, G., İlkörücü, Ş., & Çepni, S. (2018). The effects of parent-involved science activities on basic science process skills of the children in the age group of 5-6. Pegem Eğitim ve Öğretim Dergisi, 8(4), 879-903.
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Primary Language Turkish
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Hatice Zeynep İnan 0000-0001-6247-7857

Publication Date April 24, 2021
Submission Date August 5, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 34 Issue: 1

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APA İnan, H. Z. (2021). REGGIO EMILIA-İLHAMLI DOKÜMANTASYON ÇALIŞMASININ DOKÜMAN İNCELEMESİ YÖNTEMİYLE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education, 34(1), 263-297. https://doi.org/10.19171/uefad.776019

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