A day with Fairy Tale Play Communities
Why is The Ugly Duckling sad and how can we help it? The Kindergarten ‘Børnehuset Munke Mose’ in Odense, had a visit from play enthusiast Gitte B. Bork for a whole day, where she - together with children and pedagogues, facilitated a play day, which made everyone indulge in play in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale world.
Read moreGlobal coffee giant celebrates Christmas with Hans Christian Andersen in China
The beautiful paper cuttings created by Hans Christian Andersen, were introduced to a huge audience during fall of 2023, as Starbucks in China had dedicated the months of November and December to honor the fairytale poet by having his amazing paper cuttings adorn cups, glasses, and bowls in the 6,500 Starbucks cafes in China.
Read moreLast online seminar before the Christmas holidays 2023
'Play and the child's perspective' was the title of the last online seminar in 2023, held on 13 December. Mogens Godballe and Ann Guo Skov facilitated the two-hour course, where the participants from Sujie Kindergarten in Nanjing gained background knowledge and practical examples of the Danish approach to children and play on the premises of play.
Read moreReform-friendly thoughts at the fore during the annual education meeting in China
December 8. - 10. 2023, the 10th annual meeting of the China Education 30 Forum was held in Beijing with the theme 'High Quality Development of Education'. More than 50 experts, academics, teachers and politicians attended the forum to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the Chinese education of today.
Read moreNew play-textbook with inspiration from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales
Play-based pedagogy in day care works best when the educational staff supports and participates in play communities. But the educators are often in doubt about how much they should step into the children's play - and how. New Danish play-textbook provides tools for just that with the help of H.C. Andersen's fairy tale. The book has already attracted interest from China, where both Danish pedagogy and H.C. Andersen is highly regarded.
Read moreWatch and learn what Danes and Chinese think about ChatGPT
There was a lively dialogue between teachers, parents and young people from Denmark and China at this year's edition of the Danish-Chinese Education Forum (CDEF). Well-being is the overall theme every year, and this year we have a special focus on artificial intelligence and ChatGPT and what it means in a school context.
Read moreThe Danish Chinese Education Forum is being held in Denmark for the first time
The month of May will be rather busy at Nordfyn Folk High School, as on May 9, the 4th China Denmark Education Forum (CDEF) will be held here, and at the same time a number of education experts and a school class from Beijing will be visiting the folk high school.
Read moreCheck out our website: PlaywithHCA.org
The project “Co-create with H.C. Andersen" has got its own website: next event is a play workshop at UCL on 26. May-
Read moreWilliam Yip is back with his theater children
I has been 3 years with corona, 3 years with shutdown. Now William is back, and in August he and a lot of children will take the journey from China to Odense and Funen to perform their interpretations of H.C. Andersen's fairy tales at the fairytale castle in the Eventyrhave (The Fairytale Garden) in Odense.
Read moreInspire-Share-Learn (ISL) – a cultural exchange project for Danish and Chinese pupils.
Danish and Chinese grade 1 and 2 school students meet online in small groups and communicate about topics that interest them across cultural and language differences. "Who do you like better? Messi or Ronaldo?" That was one of the questions from a student in 1st grade at Korup School when the zoom connection to Tianfu School in Chengdu was established.
Read moreHCA play workshops for Chinese educators
52 Chinese educators and kindergarten managers were ready by the screen when we welcomed the second course of fairy tale play workshops in March.
Read moreRecord-number of viewers for the Danish-Chinese well-being forum
More than two million Chinese viewers watched as Danish and Chinese teachers, well-being experts, parents, and students discussed well-being and the right to be imperfect.
Read moreThird edition of the CHINA DENMARK EDUCATION FORUM
On 18 November 2022, we are once again organizing the Danish-Chinese education online forum, and as is the case every year, the topic is well-being – this time with a special focus on the right not to be perfect.
Read moreWatch the dialogue between Viktor Axelsen and Li Zhenxi
Last year's China-Denmark Education Forum began by an opening conversation between Viktor Axelsen and author and former headmaster Li Zhenxi. They talked about badminton, going to school and about learning Chinese. The theme for the forum was "Well-being and the desire to learn”.
Read moreBeing a child in China: Growing up, socializing, learning and formation
What is a good childhood? How do you prepare your child to cope with future world? What can practitioners in China and Denmark learn from each other about child rearing, education and learning? These are some of the questions that will be elucidated when Danish-Chinese Association on September 14 invites professor emeritus Stig Thøgersen from University of Aarhus and Lisa Johansen from LearnForLife.dk to a seminar.
Read morePlay with Hans Christian Andersen - new book in preparation
Play is the basis for children's formation, and when play is combined with Hans Christian Andersen's universe, a poetic and magic dimension is added to the play.
Read moreYouth culture meeting between Korup School and QingYing School in China
During a period of half a year - from January to the summer holidays - students from two 6th classes at Korup School and Qingying School in Changzhou, approx. 160 km from Shanghai, have communicated via zoom. This happened in the project "Inspire, Share, Learn" (ISL) initiated by Learn For Life.
Read moreNew Chinese children's book with Danish and Chinese children's drawings
"Flying days" is the English title of a Chinese children's book, which is illustrated by Danish and Chinese children. A box of books has just arrived in Funen, and on Thursday, 24th of February at 10 a.m., the children-cartoonists in the daycare institution ‘Børnehuset Skoven’ will each receive a signed copy as a thank you for their help.
Read moreChristmas movie and greetings from China
The Danish Christmas movie “The Christmas family and the Elf hotel” (Original: Familien Jul og Nissehotellet) has just premiered. In the wake of the premiere, we have received greetings from China - as several Chinese participated as extras when the movie was shot in Denmark in January 2020.
Read moreGood and informal atmosphere at the LIFE Education Innovation Forum
Saturday, 23. October at 12.30 (Danish time) Professor Yang Dongping, chairman of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, welcomed the Danish participants of the online LIFE Education Innovation Forum. Mr. Yang had chosen that he himself would host the Danish participation, while the other countries the United States, Canada, Germany and Finland were facilitated by the Beijing based partner TeachFuture.
Read moreDanish free school tradition inspires reform-friendly Chinese
Denmark has a unique free school tradition with efterskole* schools, folk high schools, free schools, private schools, and other independent institutions. The Chinese professor Yang Dongping has gained an interest in this, and tomorrow, Saturday October 23, at 12.30 (Danish time) he will hosts a large on-line education forum, in his capacity as chairman of the renowned 21st Century Education Research Institute.
Read more1,319,216 Chinese viewers
Danish-Chinese initiative speaks directly to the hearts of the Chinese: The topic is the well-being of children and young people, the medium an online forum and the key words are safety and trust. 14 Danish and Chinese teachers, parents and students were fully occupied debating well-being and the desire to learn, when the 2nd edition of the "China Denmark Education Forum" was transmitted online in China on 23 September, 2021.
Read moreSino-Danish forum focuses of the well-being of children and students
What does it take to thrive in kindergarten, school and in youth education? We ask Danish and Chinese teachers, experts, young people and parents in a six-hour online forum on 23 September.
Read moreSet the compass of your heart
"Lower your shoulders, take a deep breath and listen to each other." Folk high school teacher Mette Højland has 20 years of experience in introducing courses, but this is the first time for her to undertake it via a screen for participants in China. How does Mette create presence, dialogue and interpersonal community in this forum, as traditional life on a folk high school does not immediately harmonize with online teaching,
Read moreDanish children's drawings for a Chinese book
These days, 40 children’s drawings inspired by H.C. Andersen's fairy tales and Christmas motifs are on the way to Beijing. Together with Chinese children’s drawings, they are to be included in a book that screenwriter Meng Xianming is about to publish.
Read moreThanks a lot to H.C. Andersen Foundation
Good news ticked in on our email with the message that our project “Fairytales Play Communities with inspiration from H.C. Andersen to kindergartens all over the world” has received a commitment from the H.C. Andersen Foundation for support.
Read moreEducational Institute celebrates Children's Day
June 1 - Children's Day in China - is an important day for the Chinese 21st Century Education Research Institute, which focuses on education and children's upbringing and development.
Read moreWhen inspiration leads to action
It was not popular with the parents when kindergarten principal Lu Fang in Henan province in central China proposed to dig up the kindergarten's artificial outdoor areas and replace them with soil and soil only.
Read moreSmart children have mud on their face
The play must be set free, and children must try their hand at nature, says Mads Brodersen.
Read moreNature Education is hot in China
Danish approach to children and nature on the program at a large conference for Chinese educators, kindergarten leaders and investors in Shenzhen.
Read moreMore than one million Chinese followed the forum
How has Covid-19 affected educational practices, what experiences have been gained in Denmark and China, respectively, and what does this mean in the future? Online teaching and future educations were in focus when the “China Denmark Education Forum” was arranged for the first time.
Read moreProgram for the online-seminar on 22nd September
Three hours of contributions from six Danish and six Chinese educators focus on online teaching and educations in the future.
Read moreRethink Education in the Post-Epidemic Era
Six Chinese and six Danish educators discuss and exchange ideas of future education at a three-hour onlineseminar.
Read moreStatus of the Chinese children's film: Yué Yué comes to Denmark
We have interviewed the Chinese producer about the film Yué Yué is coming to Denmark, which has the six-year-old Chinese girl, Yué Yué and Danish Amy in the lead roles.
Read moreIf the Chinese cannot come to us, we must come to them
Premiere on virtual learning China-Funen (the island located in the heart of Denmark)on May 8
Read moreThe fairytale ‘Bottle neck’ opens up a stream of Chinese creativity. The tree best ideas are awarded a trip to Denmark
Read moreThe Books by Li Zhenxi on Danish Pedagogy and Schooling are Ready to be Distributed
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