University of Oxford
Search

Playful Pedagogies: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Constructing Meaning

child playing
Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026
Time: 10:00-16:00
Location: Department of Education, University of Oxford

The CreATE Group and the Oxford Education Deanery invite you to join us for a day of exploring how play-based pedagogies can deepen thinking, spark creativity, and help children construct meaning.

The event is tailored for primary practitioners working with children between 5 and 12 years old, but colleagues teaching younger or older learners are warmly welcome. If you’ve used playful pedagogies in your classroom or school and would like to share your experience, please contact us to join the roundtable.

Speakers:

  • Prof Kathy Sylva OBE, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Oxford
  • Dr Faidra Faitaki, Departmental Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Course Director, MSc ALLT, University of Oxford
  • Dr Cate Hamilton, Departmental Lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods and EAL, University of Oxford
  • Dr Sara Ratner, Research Officer & Post-Doctoral Researcher for the Learning in Families through Technology (LiFT) project, University of Oxford
  • Jasen Booten, Education Consultant

For more information, and the link to register, visit the event page on the Oxford Education Deanery website.