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• REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION IN DUBAI

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  Fatemeh Faroughi

  Anikó Varga Nagy

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  249

   Early childhood education and care have become an important aspect of society and the well-being of people. A proper early childhood education can build a solid foundation for lifelong learning achievement and reduce the cost of lost talent and spending on social, health, and even justice systems. Within early childhood education, the Reggio Emilia approach has gained popularity around the world and a number of countries in the West employ this approach in their early childhood educational system. In the young and prosperous country of the United Arab Emirates with its famous city of Dubai, this child-centered approach is also famous amongst affluent families with young children. This paper looks into early childhood education and the Reggio Emilia approach in the city of Dubai and how this is presented in the educational system of the UAE.

• CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THE CASE OF REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH IN DUBAI

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  Fatemeh Faroughi

  Ilona Fekete-Dabney

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  191

  Although the term “culture” is a controversial term and there is no unified meaning that is accepted by all, societies deal with culture in every aspect of day-to-day life and interactions. The dilemma of how to introduce or accept a culture or cultural norm in a society, especially a society that is regarded as multicultural, is felt more intensely. Within international schools and specifically, in the multicultural society of countries such as the United Arab Emirates, this cultural diversity is clearly visible. On the other hand, the world-known and famous Reggio Emilia approach which has been successful in numerous Western countries has found its way to pre-primary education in the UAE. This paper will look into the implementation of the Reggio Emilia approach in the culturally diverse society of the UAE compared to Italy and other Western countries. The aim is to see if the important aspects of the Reggio Emilia approach such as teachers as researchers, children as citizens with rights, the role of the environment, curricula as long-term projects, and finally, parents as partners in education enterprise, are indeed implemented in the Reggio Emilia nurseries in the UAE. Or could it be the case that due to the cultural diversity of the UAE this implementation in its full and exact sense is not possible and nurseries in the UAE are only inspired by the approach?

• The Theory of Multiple Intelligences and the Reggio Emilia Approach®’s Effectiveness in International Institutions of Early Childhood Education in Dubai

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  Fatemeh Faroughi

  Foroozan Hajian

  Ilona Fekete Dabney

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  66

  This paper investigates the theory of Multiple Intelligence and the Reggio Emilia’s effectiveness in international institutions of Early Childhood Education in Dubai. The goal is to see if the combination of the two groundbreaking hypothesis can indeed help educators implement and use the combination of the two assist with the very sensitive topic of education at early stages. This paper assumes if used in a proper and careful manner the implementation of the multiple intelligence and Reggio Emilia can indeed be effective and assist children and educators alike.