Conference Archive

The 16^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 20–22, 2025 | Hamilton, Ontario

Children and Adults Researching in the Daily Life

Featured Speakers

• Marco Spaggiari | atelierista
• Moira Nicolosi | pedagogista

 
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The 15^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 7–8, 2024 | Livestream

Transforming Early Childhood Education: What Do We Know About Learning?

Featured Speakers

• Annalisa Rabotti | pedagogista
• Romina D’Antonio | teacher
• Samanta Gaspari | teacher

 
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The 14^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 16–18, 2023 | Toronto, Ontario

Educational Research: An Essential and Ethical Dimension in the Life of Children and Adults

Featured Speakers

• Consuelo Damasi | atelierista
• Tiziana Filippini | pedagogista

 
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The 13^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 31–April 1, 2022 | Livestream

Affirming Children’s Rights in a Changing World: Embracing Responsibility, Community, and Creative Thinking

Featured Speakers

• Alessandra Braglia | pedagogista
• Chiara Ferrarini | teacher
• Alessandro Mainini | atelierista

 
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The 12^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 18–19, 2021 | Livestream

Analysis, Interpretation, and Relaunching: Building an Open, Flexible, and Listening Attitude

Featured Speakers

• Tiziana Filippini | pedagogista
• Mirella Ruozzi | atelierista

 
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The 11^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 19–21, 2020 | Livestream

Defending Thoughtful Learning, Human Competence, and Creative Dignity

Featured Speakers

• Massimo Ghirardi | atelierista
• Valentina Violi | pedagogista

 
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The 10^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 21–23, 2019 | Madison, Wisconsin

Ensuring All Children’s Rights to Education Based in Relationships and the Hundred Languages

Featured Speakers

• Marina Castagnetti | former teacher
• Nunzia Franzese | pedagogista

 
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The 9^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 22–24, 2018 | Seattle, Washington

Constructing a Culture of Shared Values for Children and Childhood: Honoring Diversity, Differences, and Democracy

Featured Speakers

• Paola Cagliari | director, Istituzione
• Ivana Soncini | coordinator, children with special rights

 
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The 8^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 9–11, 2017 | Durham, North Carolina

Cultivating the Strong Potential of All Children: Growing a Community Vision for Education

Featured Speakers

• Elena Maccaferri | pedagogista
• Elisabetta Rasori | atelierista

 
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The 7^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 3–5, 2016 | Miami, Florida

Values and Quality of Life within the Context of an Educating Society: Responsibility, Community, Citizenship, and Creative Thinking

Featured Speakers

• Deanna Margini | pedagogista
• Francesca Manfredi | atelierista

 
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The 6^th NAREA Winter Conference

March 12–14, 2015 | New York, New York

Exploring Possibilities: Viewing All Children as Citizens, Researchers, and Innovators of the World

Featured Speakers

• Claudia Giudici | pedagogista and president, Istituzione
• Marina Mori | teacher
• Chiari Spaggiari | teacher
• Vea Vecci | atelierista

 
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The 5^th NAREA Winter Conference

February 27–March 1, 2014 | Greenville, South Carolina

The Pleasure of Learning: Reimagining School as a Place of Inspiration, Innovation, and Collaboration

Featured Speakers

• Paola Cagliari | pedagogista
• Angela Barozzi | teacher

 
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The 4^th NAREA Winter Conference

January 25–26, 2013 | Tucson, Arizona

Walls into Bridges: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities

Featured Speakers

• Amelia Gambetti | Reggio Children international coordinator
• Lella Gandini | U.S. liaison for the dissemination of the Reggio Emilia Approach
• Tucson educators

 
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The 3^rd NAREA Winter Conference

February 11–12, 2012 | Mountain View, California

Interweaving of Children’s and Adults’ Research: Discovering the Joys and Complexities of Learning

Featured Speakers

• Amelia Gambetti | Reggio Children international coordinator
• Lella Gandini | U.S. liaison for the dissemination of the Reggio Emilia Approach

 
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The 2^nd NAREA Winter Conference

February 26–27, 2011 | Miami, Florida

Building Learning Through Documentation and Community

Featured Speakers

• Amelia Gambetti | Reggio Children international coordinator
• Lella Gandini | U.S. liaison for the dissemination of the Reggio Emilia Approach

 
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The 1^st NAREA Winter Conference

February 5–6, 2010 | Boston, Massachusetts

Dialogues for Quality in Education: Inspiring Change through Collaboration and Community Building

Featured Speakers

• Amelia Gambetti | Reggio Children international coordinator
• Lella Gandini | U.S. liaison for the dissemination of the Reggio Emilia Approach
• New England educators

 
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The 5^th NAREA Fall Conference

October 3–4, 2024 | Livestream

Transforming Early Childhood Education: Creating a Culture of Welcoming

Featured Speakers

• Annalisa Rabotti | pedagogista
• Romina D’Antonio | teacher
• Samanta Gaspari | teacher

 
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The 4^th NAREA Fall Conference

October 5–7, 2023 | Indianapolis, Indiana

Children and Adults: Researching Learning Together

Featured Speakers

• Claudia Giudici | pedagogista
• Sara De Poi | atelierista

 
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The 3^rd NAREA Fall Conference

October 20–22, 2022 | Vancouver, British Columbia

Possibilities and Complexities: Reconnecting, Reimagining, Relaunching

Featured Speakers

• Mirella Ruozzi | atelierista
• Massimo (Max) Ghirardi | atelierista

 
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The 2^nd NAREA Fall Conference

October 28–29, 2021 | Livestream

Shaping Environments that Foster Interaction, Research, Curiosity, and Communication

Featured Speakers

• Elena Maccaferri | pedagogista
• Filippo Chieli | atelierista

 
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The 1^st NAREA Fall Conference

November 13–14, 2020 | Livestream

Listening as a Pedagogical Strategy: A Way of Thinking Of and With Others

Featured Speakers

• Tiziana Filippini | pedagogista
• Mirella Ruozzi | atelierista

 
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36 NAREA Brick By Brick Series: Spring 2020

April 29, 2020 | Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thinking Through the Artist’s Lens: Interpreting, Learning, and Communication through the Languages of Material

Featured Speakers

• Jeanne Goldhaber
• Jane Broderick

35 NAREA Brick By Brick Series: Spring 2020 | New England

February 29, 2020 | Portland, Maine

Inspiration from the Words of Loris Malaguzzi and the Ongoing Work of New England Educators

Featured Speakers

• David Fernie
• Wendy Getchell
• Breakwater early childhood teachers

34 NAREA Brick By Brick Series: Winter 2020 | New England

February 29, 2020 | Cambridge, Massachusetts

Happy Birthday Loris Malaguzzi—The Impact of His Life and Work

Featured Speakers

• Barbara Acton
• Jeanne Goldhaber

33 The Brick By Brick Series: Fall 2019

November 8–9, 2019 | Jackson, Wyoming

Creating Rich and Responsive Environments for Young Children

Featured Speakers

• Jeanne Goldhaber
• Erin Solomon

32 The Brick By Brick Series: Spring 2019

May 11, 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts

When Teachers Gather Together to Think and Learn

Featured Speakers

• Karyn Callaghan
• Lella Gandini
• Kelly Pellagrini

31 The Brick By Brick Series

November 10, 2018 | Asheboro, North Carolina

The Role of Teacher as Researcher

Featured Speakers

• Susan Redmond
• Nora Thompson

30 The Brick By Brick Series

October 30, 2018 | Atlanta, Georgia

Education as Individual and Group Construction

Featured Speakers

• Harold Göthson

29 The Brick By Brick Series

October 13, 2018 | Bloomfield Township, Michigan

The Relationship Between the Pedagogy of Listening as a Process of Individual and Group Construction

Featured Speakers

• Brenda Fyfe

28 The Brick By Brick Series

May 19, 2018 | Ann Arbor, Michigan

Making Children’s (and Educators) Intelligences Visible

Featured Speakers

• Karen Callaghan
• Kathy Cope

27 The Brick By Brick Series: Spring 2018 | New England

March 2–3, 2018 | Burlington, Vermont

Education as Relationship: Exploring the role of continuity and long term relationships among children, adults, materials, and the natural world

Featured Speakers

• Lella Gandini

26 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

November 4, 2017 | Boston, Massachusetts

Wondering and Learning Together…

Featured Speakers

• Lella Gandini
• George Forman
• NAREA board members
• Teachers from area early childhood programs

25 The Brick By Brick Series

October 21, 2017 | Cumberland, Maryland

Relationships in Teaching and Learning Finding Connection in Reggio Inspired Classrooms

Featured Speakers

• Lella Gandini
• Members of the Portland Area Reggio Collaborative (PARC)

24 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

October 21, 2017 | Omaha, Nebraska

The Environment: Inquiry and Documentation of Children, Teachers, and Families

Featured Speakers

• Jennifer Kesselring

23 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

October 14, 2017 | Dearborn, Michigan

The 100 Languages of Children: The Vocabulary, Grammar, and Potential of Materials as Strategies for Learning

Featured Speakers

• Karyn Callaghan
• Kathy Cope

22 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

June 3, 2017 | Providence, Rhode Island

Examining the Role of the Teacher through the Language of Clay

Featured Speakers

• Deborah DeMarco (visiting artist)
• Learning Brooke Early Childhood Education Center representatives
• University of Vermont Campus Children’s School representatives

21 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

May 12, 2017 | Flint, Michigan

A Study of the Principles of the Reggio Emilia Educational Project and “WOL-HLC” Exhibit

Featured Speakers

• Karyn Callaghan
• UM-Flint Cumming Center Representative

20 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

April 22, 2017 | Amherst, Massachusetts

Reflecting on the Multiple Potentials of Documentation

Featured Speakers

• Lella Gandini

19 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

February 4, 2017 | Columbus, Ohio

The Joy of Learning Together: Listening to and Documenting the Experiences of Very Young Children

Featured Speakers

• Jeanne Goldhaber

18 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

November 8, 2016 | Atlanta, Georgia

Teaching and Learning in Ireland and Sweden: Valuing a Strong Image of the Child

Featured Speakers

• Harold Göthson
• Rita Melia

17 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

October 29, 2016 | Brookline, Massachusetts

Reflecting on the Multiple Potentials of Documentation: How Documentation Supports Education as Research and the Development of Relationships

Featured Speakers

• Stephanie Cox Suarez
• Jeanne Goldhaber
• New England classroom teachers

16 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

October 22, 2016 | Dearborn, Michigan

The Wonder of Learning – The Hundred Languages of Children Exhibit in Relationship with the Principles of the Reggio Emilia Educational Project

Featured Speakers

• Judith Kaminsky

15 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

April 9, 2016 | Providence, Rhode Island

Reggio-Inspired Practice in Diverse Contexts and Diverse Communities

Featured Speakers

• Lella Gandini
• Rebecca Love
• Carol Nelson
• Jayme Rivas Robertson
• Janice Wenstrom
• Barbara Acton

14 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

January 30, 2016 | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Collaboration and Co-Participation: Learning How to Work Together in Small Groups

Featured Speakers

• Nora Thompson

13 NAREA Brick By Brick Series, Part 2

November 14, 2015 | Charlestown, Massachusetts

Reggio-Inspired Practice in Diverse Contexts and Diverse Communities

Featured Speakers

• Terry Acevedo
• Lella Gandini

12 NAREA Brick By Brick Series, Part 2

October 31, 2015 | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Weaving Together the Research and Inquiry of Children, Teachers, and Families

Featured Speakers

• Carol Bersani
• Terri Cardy

11 NAREA Brick By Brick Series, Part 2

May 2, 2015 | St. Louis, Missouri

Exceeding Expectations and Addressing Standards through the RE Approach: Infants through Age 8

Featured Speakers

• St. Louis Infant-Toddler and Preschool Educators

10 NAREA Brick By Brick Series, Part 2

March 28, 2015 | Tulsa, Oklahoma

Reflections on the Role of the Educator in a Learning Community

Featured Speakers

• Young Years educators

9 NAREA Brick By Brick Series, Part 2

March 7, 2015 | Atlanta, Georgia

Learning as a Process of Individual and Group Construction

Featured Speakers

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8 NAREA Brick By Brick Series, Part 2

February 28, 2015 | Boston, Massachusetts

Sharing Reggio-Inspired Practice in New England

Featured Speakers

• Jeanne Goldhaber
• Barbara Acton
• David Fernie
• Angela Ferrario
• Lella Gandini

7 NAREA Brick By Brick Series

February 12, 2015 | Calgary, Alberta

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6 NAREA Brick By Brick Series, Part 2

January 31, 2015 | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Weaving Together the Research and Inquiry of Children, Teachers, and Families

Featured Speakers

• Carol Bersani

5 The Brick By Brick Fall Series: A New Choice (rescheduled)

January 10, 2015 | St. Louis, Missouri

Exceeding Expectations and Addressing Standards through the RE Approach, Infants through Age 8

Featured Speakers

• Jennifer Strange
• Brenda Fyfe
• Maplewood Richmond Heights Public School District
• Cape Girardeau Christian School for the Young Years Educators

4 The Brick By Brick Fall Series: A New Choice

November 11, 2014 | Tulsa, Oklahoma

Reflections on the Role of the Educator in a Learning Community

Featured Speakers

• Amelia Gambetti
• Jennifer Kesselring

3 The Brick By Brick Fall Series: A New Choice

October 25, 2014 | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Weaving Together the Research and Inquiry of Children, Teachers, and Families

Featured Speakers

• Carol Bersani
• Judith Kaminsky

2 The Brick By Brick Fall Series: A New Choice

October 18, 2014 | Atlanta, Georgia

Learning as a Process of Individual and Group Construction

Featured Speakers

• Amelia Gambetti
• Margie Cooper
• Susan Redmond

1 The Brick By Brick Fall Series: A New Choice

October 11, 2014 | Brookline, Massachusetts

Sharing Reggio-Inspired Practice in New England

Featured Speakers

• Lella Gandini
• Jeanne Goldhaber
• Dave Fernie
• Barbara Acton
• Angela Ferrario