Professor Carla Rinaldi was Thinker In Residence (2012-2013) to support the South Australian Government’s priority to provide Every Chance for Every Child and through the Re-imagining Childhood: The inspiration of Reggio Emilia education principles in South Australia report provided recommendations about strengthening early childhood across the state.

To support South Australian’s re-imagine childhood as outlined in the recommendations by Professor Carla Rinaldi, the state government invested in 3 inter-related strategies, one of them being the establishment of The South Australian Collaborative Childhood Project.

The South Australian Collaborative Childhood Project

South Australia has a proud history in early childhood education and care with the provision of government funded preschool programs for children in the year before they commence formal schooling (3 – 4 year olds), innovation in service provision and a commitment to providing high quality early childhood programs.

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Re-imagining Childhood: The inspiration of Reggio Emilia education principles in South Australia

The Reggio Emilia Approach is an educational philosophy based on the image of the child, and of human beings, as possessing strong potentials for development and as a subject of rights who learns and grows in the relationships with others.

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The Foundation Reggio Children – Centro Loris Malaguzzi

Loris Malaguzzi was the founder of Reggio Emilia’s educational philosophy and together with the Comune (civil administrative unit) and many local administrators he participated in the birth and building of Reggio Emilia’s network of municipal preschools (3-6 years old) and infant-toddler centres (0-3 years old).

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Download a copy of the ‘Re-imagining Childhood: The inspiration of Reggio Emilia education principles in South Australia’ report

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