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As part of ARCQE’s ongoing commitment to supporting pedagogical leadership and promising early learning practice, we continue to review and explore curriculum framework developments nationally and internationally. Alberta’s Flight Framework has been enriched and inspired by other renowned places. That curriculum evolves from a “complex cultural context[1]” (Malaguzzi 1998), and ARCQE periodically coordinates global curriculum study tours that can provide a greater context and understanding of social and cultural constructs that inform practice. To date, ARCQE has led 2 Study Tours to Aotearoa, New Zealand, offering training in Te Whariki and one Study Tour to Boulder, Colorado, to learn about the Boulder Journey School’s work inspired by practice from Reggio, Emilia. Should future curriculum study tours be scheduled, watch for information updates here!
[1] Ailwood, J. (2002). Governing preschool: producing and managing preschool education in Queensland government schools.
Explore our past itineraries from the Boulder Journey School Study Tour in Boulder, Colorado and the Te Whariki Study Tour in New Zealand.
Our 2023 Boulder Journey School Study Tour Cohort
ARCQE’s 2019 Study Tour Cohort
ARCQE’s 2016 Study Tour Cohort
2023 Study Tour
Boulder Journey, Colorado
In 2023, ARCQE hosted an international Study Tour to Boulder Journey School in Boulder Colorado to learn about their exploration with early learning curriculum.
What if the experiences from which we most desperately try to shelter our children are the very ones that will enable them to be successful, joyful, and capable citizens of our world? What if, rather than telling our children to be careful, we instead put aside our own anxieties and recognize that there can be no learning and no innovation without risk?
This video was created by Graduate Teachers in the Boulder Journey School Teacher Education Program.
Current Opportunities
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