By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. Embracing Reggio principles in practice, I am committed to research. I see research as an opportunity to act upon our knowledge in a way that is collaborative, creative and critical. Collaboration can be rich. When I have the opportunity to write, co-facilitate professional learning and together with others, mess about … Continue reading
By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. I have been teaching adults in the college classroom and beyond for many, many memorable years. Professional collaboration has resulted in the provision of personally transformative professional learning experiences that have gifted me with opportunities to engage with inspiring educators from all over the world in real and virtual time. … Continue reading
By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. On October 12th, I was in Denver, Colorado at the Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT) and participated in a “Messing About” workshop that incorporated the exhibit, Cultivating the Scientist in Every Child: The Philosophy of Frances and David Hawkins. The day before, I had the opportunity to tour the Boulder … Continue reading
Please join us for the Canadian opening of the exhibit, Cultivate the Scientist in Every Child: The Philosophy of Frances and David Hawkins.
My father was a scientist. He was a left-brain thinker. My mother is an artist, loves nature and sees the world aesthetically. The two worlds often collided but came together when as a family we were outside, hunting for rocks, on beaches, by streams and in quarries. I had wild ideas back then about being … Continue reading
Diane and I found the inaugural offering of this intensive summer course in July, 2013 to be joyous, transformational, magical and wondrous. See some of the participant tweets, blogs and reflections below: Last week I had the good fortune to attend what I can only describe as the most meaningful professional learning opportunity I have … Continue reading
Hard to believe that is has been just over a week since I returned to my little cottage in Grand Bend, Ontario, two and a half hours from my real home, in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Normally, a full week home in the city in July would not have been my preference but in that week … Continue reading
What if early learning professionals considered social media as a form of making learning visible, for leaving traces? Heeding Malaguzzi advice that “teachers must leave behind an isolated, silent mode of working, which leaves no traces” (1998, p. 68), many have turned to social media to make learning visible through electronic documentation. No longer isolated … Continue reading
Diane and I, in collaboration with the two amazing schools we have had the honour to journey with on our research, Richland Academy and Acorn School, are thrilled to announce that the Canadian iteration of Cultivate the Scientist in Every Child: The Philosophy of Frances and David Hawkins, a project of Hawkins Centers of Learning (www.hawkinscenters.org) … Continue reading
Please join Diane and Louise this summer for an introduction to Reggio inspired practice. Participants will have the opportunity to learn with Reggio inspired teachers from Acorn School and to experience the beauty of Richland Academy. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the registration form (click on the link below) and return … Continue reading
Technology Rich Inquiry Based Research 