Public Awareness and Advocacy for Play in Education
Tracks
Education & The Arts
Thursday, June 26, 2025 |
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
Details
How can policy initiatives raise public awareness about the importance of play in education? What role do advocacy groups play in this process? How is action at a grass roots level able to impact a broader agenda for play?
Speaker
Christine Lee
Cofounder and Chairperson
Beyond Playmaking
Play Alchemist
Biography
Christine Lee, 10-year advocacy of children’s rights, cofounder and current chairperson of Beyond Playmaking.
She has written 'Retrieval of Public Play Space for Children in Taiwan' in "The City at Eye Level for Kids", 'Play Acupuncture by TWPfC', 'A Mother can Motivate A Thousand More' in "Inspirational Playful" and 'Let Future Decides - Designing Play Spaces for, with and by Children' in "45 Ideas for Ukraine Cities". Beyond Playmaking has recently hosted child-friendly mini city at Great Fun Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the presidential office building, a ‘Play Project WITH CHILDREN’ Wide Open School in Taoyuan Children Art Musem, and cohosted many child-friendly street projects and projects of reimagined public spaces for/with children.
