Lauren McNamara, armed with new measures and data she developed, is persuading and heling elementary schools replace harmful recess patterns with new approaches that help children grow socially and emotionally, not least by helping one another grow.
Read moreProtecting and Promoting Opportunities for Meaningful Play at School
Dr. Lauren McNamara, Founder of The Recess Project, Named Newest Ashoka Canada Fellow
Arriba las emociones: escuelas en donde está bien expresar lo que uno siente
Resolver los conflictos, desarrollar la empatía, promover el diálogo y trabajar en equipo son estrategias que se usan para activar en el cerebro de los chicos sus ganas de aprender. Trabajar de manera colaborativa, involucrarse en acciones comunitarias, lograr ponerse en lugar del otro, liderar...
Transforming Schoolyards, Our Most Abundant Public Spaces
Making outdoor school spaces opportunities for deeper abundance and learning
Formerly an investment banker and venture capitalist, Vishal Talreja has built a network of volunteers that offer vulnerable children opportunities to increase their chances for normal childhood development.
Read moreShona McDonald is addressing the challenges of children with mobile disabilities who live in peri-urban and rural areas of South Africa with an approach that puts postural education on the agenda of community-based clinical services, along with a range of tailor-made mobility products that can be...
Read moreLearning Through Play: Education does not stop when recess begins
Galvanized by both the rollback of recess in some places and the stronger science backing play, and bolstered by a relatively new focus in education on social-emotional learning, preventing bullying, and reducing childhood obesity, recess has made something of a comeback. As recess rebounds, albeit...
¡La juventud activó el domingo!
Algo nuevo está surgiendo para la juventud. Hace algunos meses que varios representantes de organizaciones juveniles nos venimos organizando con el fin de consolidar un espacio de unidad y referencia. Con este motivo, el domingo 24 de septiembre realizamos el evento lanzamiento de "Juventudes, la...
Lita - Hosting creative spaces to find your inner power in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Lita invites her peers to engage in personal exploration and intellectual bravery, while fostering an environment that supports multiculturalism and changemaking.