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Playful Pedagogies: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Constructing Meaning

academic
workshop

Date & Time

Wed, 25 Mar 2026

10:00 - 16:30

Venue

Department of Education, University of Oxford

Seminar Room E, Department of Education, Oxford

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About this event

Explore playful pedagogies to enhance critical thinking and creativity.

Why you should come

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• Hear Prof Kathy Sylva OBE discuss play-based learning.

• Learn from Dr. Faidra Faitaki, Course Director of MSc ALLT.

• Discover methods from Dr. Cate Hamilton in quantitative research.

Event Highlights

  • A day of exploring how play-based pedagogies can deepen thinking
  • Spark creativity
  • Help children construct meaning
  • Tailored for primary practitioners working with children between 5 and 12 years old

Speakers

Kathy Sylva

Honorary Research Fellow, University of Oxford

Faidra Faitaki

Departmental Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Course Director, MSc ALLT, University of Oxford

Cate Hamilton

Departmental Lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods and EAL, University of Oxford

Sara Ratner

Research Officer & Post-Doctoral Researcher for the Learning in Families through Technology (LiFT) project, University of Oxford

Jasen Booten

Education Consultant

Organized by: Oxford Education Deanery

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