THE ROLE OF THERAPEUTIC CHESS IN EDUCATIONTRAUMAS AND PEDAGOGY

Celal Özbek

doi:10.17770/eid2023.2.7337

Authors

Celal Özbek FIDE World Chess Federation (TR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/eid2023.2.7337

Keywords:

Chess, Lesson Design, Pedagogy, Philosophy for Children

Abstract

In this article as a result of the "Therapeutic Chess" project, which is a new teaching technique designed with an interdisciplinary method on kindergarten-primary school children, the increase in children's interest in chess lesson and expressing themselves in mathematics, music, painting, puzzle solving, board games and philosophical level. It has been observed that the students' ability to learn how to act has increased, and it is aimed to contribute to the socialization, normalization process of children who have experienced trauma, to introduce this technique to more widespread use and to transfer it to teachers.

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