Loris Malaguzzi

Loris Malaguzzi (Correggio, 1920 - Reggio Emilia, 1994), graduate in pedagogy and psychology, tirelessly promoted an innovative philosophy of education appraising the wealth of potentials and resources of all children, as expressed in the concept of the “hundred languages of children".
Reggio Emilia
Loris Malaguzzi

Loris Malaguzzi

After graduating in pedagogy and psychology, Loris Malaguzzi began his career as an elementary school teacher in the 1940s. In 1950 he created the Municipal Psycho-Pedagogical Medical Center in Reggio Emilia, where he worked for more than twenty years. In 1963 he began collaborating with the local Municipality for the opening of the first municipal pre-schools. This network of services, which in 1967 also incorporated the “people’s nursery schools” built in the post-War period, was enhanced in 1971 to include the first early childhood centres. Malaguzzi managed these educational services for many years, working in co-operation with other colleagues.

Consultant to the Italian Ministry of Education, director of the education magazines Zerosei and Bambini, in 1980 he founded the National Early Childhood Group in Reggio Emilia. In 1991 the magazine Newsweek mentioned the Early Childhood School "Diana", representing Reggio Emilia nursery and early childhood schools, among the 10 best schools of the world.

Loris Malaguzzi died January 30, 1994.