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Call for Chapters: Realizing Children's Rights in a Global Context: The Reggio Emilia Approach

Editors

Marisa Macy, University of Wyoming, United States
Emer Ring, University of Limerick, Ireland
Alessandra Landini, I.C. Manzoni in Reggio Emilia, Italy

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: June 10, 2025
Full Chapters Due: October 24, 2025
Submission Date: October 24, 2025

Introduction

Realizing Children's Rights in a Global Context: The Reggio Emilia Approach is an edited book that provides interdisciplinary professionals around the globe with essential collection of chapters focused on the application of the Reggio Emilia approach to the rights of children. This construct resonates with a human rights-based philosophy that rejects the image of the child as passive and submissive in favor of viewing childhood as a distinctive period and each child as a human being, citizen, and unique individual with their own enforceable rights. The focus on asserting children’s rights reflects the shift in our understanding of children and childhood and is mirrored in the provisions of the United Nations (UN) Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (UN, 1989; 2006). History, philosophy, and myriad of research associated with the Reggio Emilia approach eighty+ years after its foundation have the potential to support an interdisciplinary approach that highlights what our responsibilities are as a society for children and young people at this time (Edwards, Gandini, & Forman, 2012; Rinaldi, 2021). The Reggio Emilia educational project – thinking evolved with an entire community, together with pedagogistas, teachers, atelieristas, cooks, auxiliary staff and parents. The book promotes a pragmatic and applied approach that harnesses the global rights discourse and the Reggio Emilia experience to benefit children and their families, the community, as well as early childhood professionals.

Objective

The edited book intends to provide interdisciplinary professionals around the globe with an essential collection of chapters focused on the application of the Reggio Emilia approach to the rights of children.

Target Audience

The intended audience for the edited book will be- (a) early childhood, elementary teachers, and other relevant practitioners, (b) pre-service professionals who are in college settings, (c) professionals from institutions of higher education (e.g., community colleges and universities), and (d) policy makers.

Recommended Topics

We seek manuscripts related to Realizing Children's Rights in a Global Context: The Reggio Emilia Approach that may include, but not limited to the following topics: • Reggio Emilia practices that promote inclusion of children with neuro-diverse needs. • How the Reggio Emilia approach provides for children from under-represented backgrounds enhancing the role of participation in the common good. • How Reggio Emilia practices contribute to realizing the child’s right to access, participate in, and benefit from early childhood education. • Promoting the right to play and realizing a playful approach to childhood education through the Reggio Emilia community legacy. • Reggio Emilia’s approach to supporting the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life. • Harnessing the Reggio Emilia approach to promote children’s right to express their views in all matters affecting them. • How Reggio Emilia practices contribute to sustainability in learning outcomes in the long term. • How best practices and projects associated with the Reggio Emilia approach enhanced effective and conscious educational pathways that promote technology in early childhood learning processes. • How the Reggio Emilia approach incorporates observation and documentation to enhance and support child learning and development. • How the Reggio Emilia approach contributes to continuity regarding transitions in education. • Role of the Reggio Emilia approach in deepening children’s understanding and appreciation of nature/culture/language/arts. • Role of the Reggio Emilia approach in acquisition of 20th century skills (e.g., soft skills, social relational skills, etc.). • How the Reggio Emilia approach orients to children, parents, families, teachers, and the entire community. • Future directions for the Reggio Emilia approach in a global context.

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 10, 2025, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by June 24, 2025 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by October 24, 2025, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Realizing Children's Rights in a Global Context: The Reggio Emilia Approach. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.



Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2026.



Important Dates

June 10, 2025: Proposal Submission Deadline
June 24, 2025: Notification of Acceptance
October 24, 2025: Full Chapter Submission
December 25, 2025: Review Results Returned
February 6, 2025: Final Acceptance Notification
February 20, 2026: Final Chapter Submission



Inquiries

Dr. Marisa Galliano Macy University of Wyoming marisamacy@gmail.com Dr. Emer Ring Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland emer.ring@mic.ul.ie Dr. Alessandra Landini I.C. A. Manzoni in Reggio Emilia, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy alessandra.landini@icmanzoni-re.edu.it

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