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PLAY AND RESILIENCE: SYMPOSIUM AT THE 2016 OMEP WORLD CONFERENCE

 

 

The first Play and Resilience Symposium was held on 8 July 2016, the last day of the 2016 OMEP World Conference. We invited the winners of the Play and Resilience Travel Award to give a short presentation on their projects. The Travel Award recognised the best efforts in promoting play and resilience around the world. Among the 36 applications we received, the 7 projects that clearly demonstrated outstanding qualities and potential were awarded.

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Play and Resilience: An Introduction
Maggie Koong
World Project Leader

Developing Resilience through Medical Play
Dawn Butterworth & Lis Mathiasen
Australia

Preschool Altruism and Soul
Larisa Pejić
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Play Project in the Mobile Kindergartens in Wenchuan Earthquake-Stricken Area by China National Society of Early Childhood Education
Xiaoxia Feng, Chaoyun Yan & Liangjing Guo
China

Young Children’s Games and Resilience in Rural Areas of West China
Yinian Ma, Jinlu Zhao, Guoyan Zhang & Xiaofei Fu
China

Promoting Democratic Coexistence in Early Childhood
Evelyn Adriana Calero
El Salvador

Physical Education in Early Childhood (PEECh)
Claire McLachlan & Sophie Foster
New Zealand

Protect Early Childhood Resilience
Ebru Ersay
Turkey