Seeing infants differently: Magda Gerber's contributions to the early care and education field and their continuing relevance

A pioneer in the infant/family field in the United States, Magda Gerber was the founding director of Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE), known for its unique two-generation approach to the care and education of young children. This paper offers a summary of Gerber's teachings from the late tw...

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Published in:Early child development and care 2021-07, Vol.191 (7-8), p.1302-1315
Main Author: Hammond, Ruth Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biographies
Caregiver Child Relationship
Caregiver Training
Caring
Child Care
Child Caregivers
Child Development
Children
Citations
developmentally appropriate practice
Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Early Childhood Education
Educaring
Educational History
Educational Philosophy
Educational Quality
Educational theory
Emmi Pikler
Founding
infant care
Infants
Intervention
Magda Gerber
Motor Development
Neurosciences
Parent Child Relationship
Pediatrics
Peer Relationship
Preschool children
Psychomotor Skills
Relevance (Education)
RIE
Security (Psychology)
Self Control
Social trends
Teaching Methods
Toddlers
Trust (Psychology)
Workforce
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Summary:A pioneer in the infant/family field in the United States, Magda Gerber was the founding director of Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE), known for its unique two-generation approach to the care and education of young children. This paper offers a summary of Gerber's teachings from the late twentieth century with citations pointing to their historical theoretical underpinnings and highlights some more recent supportive research in affective neuroscience. The main goal of this article is to reflect on how significantly Gerber's work has influenced child-centred standards for developmentally appropriate 0-3 care and education and early years' workforce training in the U.S. The concluding section will touch on the continuing relevance of Gerber's RIE Approach in light of twenty-first-century social trends and what would make it more widely accessible.
ISSN:0300-4430
1476-8275
DOI:10.1080/03004430.2020.1865942