Chess in Education Discussion Group
Chess in Education Discussion Group
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Wednesday, 28th May 2025
18:00 - 19:30 London Time (BST)
19:00 - 20:30 Central European Time (CET)
Registration closes 15 minutes before the start of the event.
Chess in Education
Join the Global Conversation!
Every last Wednesday of the month, the ECU Education Commission holds a Discussion Group Meeting for chess educators to share knowledge and experiences and discuss ideas on various topics related to Chess in Education.
Discussion Group Meetings allow participants to learn from each other and gain new insights through different perspectives.
This month:
Educational chess for life in the Peruvian context. "We shake hands to start the game".
The presentation will share the experience of the Peruvian project Pequeños Maestros (Little Masters), a social project focused on children, families and schools in vulnerable contexts. Following our motto “We shake hands to start the game”, our project seeks to contribute to the socio-emotional and cognitive development of girls and boys in communities facing diverse social challenges. Through a journey through its history, educational proposals, learning, challenges and future perspectives, we will show how chess can become an educational tool to develop life skills. The story El peón coronado (The Crowned Pawn), currently undergoing a Crowdfunding campaign so that it can be published and serve as a tool to motivate children to learn chess and reflect on socio-emotional skills, will also be presented.
Pequeños Maestros (Little Masters):
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pequenos.maestros.pe/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pequenosmaestros.pe/
Crowdfunding Campaign Page for El Peón Coronado (The Crowned Pawn):
https://laindie-lab.com/proyecto/el-peon-coronado/
Guest Speaker
Martín Malaspina Quevedo (Peru)
Martín Malaspina Quevedo is a psychologist and PhD student in Education at the University of Girona (Spain). He holds a Master's degree in Educational Psychology from the National University of San Marcos, a Master's degree in Statistics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a Master's degree in Applied Research in Education from the University of Valladolid (Spain), obtained thanks to a scholarship from the Fundación Carolina.
He is co-founder of the educational chess project Pequeños Maestros (Little Masters), Educational Chess Monitor by the National University of Distance Education (Spain) and member of the Red Internacional de Ajedrez Educativo AjEdu (International Chess and Education Network).
He has work experience in both the public and private sectors, including his work in the Ministry of Education of Peru, in areas such as rural education and early education. He is currently dedicated to university teaching, research and consultancy on issues of social and educational guidance. At the same time, he has been reactivating the voluntary social project Pequeños Maestros, plays paleta fronton (Peruvian sport) and does hospital clowning.
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Wednesday, 28th May 2025
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