Sydney Gurewitz Clemens

Sydney Gurewitz Clemens is an authority on harnessing children's deep feelings to their learning, sometimes called "hot cognition". She has done substantial research on the work of Sylvia Ashton-Warner. She is active in explaining ideas from Reggio Emilia to the English-speaking early childhood community. She has given workshops and speeches throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Sydney was on the faculty of Pacific Oaks College from 1988-1992, and is currently an Extension Instructor at University of California, Davis. She does e-mail and telephone consulting, and teaches individuals in her home. She consults and speaks widely about Ideas from Reggio Emilia and also teaches about children of incarcerated parents.

Sydney Gurewitz Clemens lives in San Francisco, California.