@article{Robson_Mastrangelo_2018, place={British Columbia, Canada}, title={Children’s Views of the Learning Environment: A Study Exploring the Reggio Emilia Principle of the Environment as the Third Teacher}, volume={42}, url={https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/jcs/article/view/18100}, DOI={10.18357/jcs.v42i4.18100}, abstractNote={<p class="p1">This research study explored the concept of</p><p class="p1">the environment as the third teacher and how</p><p class="p1">kindergarten children in a school inspired by</p><p class="p1">Reggio Emilia viewed their classroom as a space</p><p class="p1">to help them learn. A qualitative analysis of</p><p class="p1">the research data reveals that children perceive</p><p class="p1">their environment as a space that contributes</p><p class="p1">to their learning and acts as a third teacher in</p><p class="p1">the classroom. In summary, the children in this</p><p class="p1">study described the specific ways they were able</p><p class="p1">to learn with the materials located within the</p><p class="p1">centres of their classroom, the ways they engaged</p><p class="p1">in imaginative or pretend play, making real-life</p><p class="p1">connections and communicating with peers, and</p><p class="p1">the learning that developed through exploration</p><p class="p1">of the documentation on the classroom walls.</p&gt;}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Childhood Studies}, author={Robson, Kelsey and Mastrangelo, Sonia}, year={2018}, month={Mar.}, pages={1-16} }