Reggio Emilia-Inspired Pedagogies of Listening and Inclusion

Edited by:   Marisa Galliano Macy, Emer Ring, Alessandra Landini
Imprint:   Igi Global Scientific Publishing
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   689g
ISBN:   9798260012598
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   30 April 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Marisa Galliano Macy is a full professor in the College of Education in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Wyoming. She holds the John P. Ellbogen Foundation Professorship of Early Childhood Education. Macy has more than 25 years of experience as an educator. She started her career as a special education teacher in Washington, and she has served in teaching and research roles at a number of higher education institutions, including the University of Oregon, Penn State University, University of Texas, El Paso, University of Central Florida, University of Nebraska Kearney where she held the Cille and Ron Williams endowed chair of Early Childhood Education, as well as community chair for the Buffett Early Childhood Institute. Macy, a Seattle native, earned a bachelor’s degree in English at the University of Washington and a post baccalaureate in K–12 special education from St. Martin’s College in Olympia, Washington. She received master’s and doctorate degrees in special education with early childhood special education and early intervention from the University of Oregon. Macy completed the Certificate in Early Education Leadership from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard. Emer Ring is Dean of Education, (Early Childhood and Teacher Education) at Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick. Emer previously worked as a teacher of children in the early years and as teacher supporting neurodivergent children in mainstream provision. She has also worked in the Department of Education's Inspectorate in Ireland and as Head of Department of Reflective Pedagogy and Early Childhood Studies at MIC. Emer’s research interests include education law; inclusion; early childhood; child voice; autism; play and pedagogy and she has researched and published widely in these areas. Alessandra Landini is the Principal of the I.C. A. Manzoni in Reggio Emilia, with a PhD in Human Sciences, thesis in Physics Education at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, has her main research interests in teacher training as a community of practice, with particular attention to the development of creative and playful skills in STEAM, integrating school and museum settings. Her scientific education research project studies a vertical science curriculum based on storytelling and the use of metaphor, between early childhood and secondary school. As a Special pedagogy and General Didactics’ expert, she is adjunct professor at UNIMORE. She is actually working in research projects on Vertical Curriculum of Heritage and Citizenship K-13 based on Community Pacts and family engagement. In A.A. 2025-26 she is a Fulbrighter, SIR in residence, at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.