One City, Many Children Reggio Emilia, a History of the Present

"One City, Many Children recounts the story of the birth and development of Reggio Emilia's early years services, the nido and Scuola d'infanzia, a research project bringing together the voices and thoughts of many &‘protagonists' and which refers to many sources...The narrative builds on the One City, Many Children exhibition on permanent display at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre in Reggio Emilia, and is developed through a number of broad themes: city and family participation, the active role of women and women's movements, the politics of education in the city's municipal administration, the ties between pedagogy and politics, the originality of the pedagogical thinking of Loris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia education project, and the strongly international identity of what is a local experience."--Back cover.