Elina Antoniou
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Ms. Elina Antonou is an active member of the Future World center. She became interested in the methodology of Structured Democratic Dialogue as a participant of Reinventing democracy (YiA 1.3), Youth envisage and design their ideal future (YiA 5.1) and Reinventing Democracy in the Digital-Era. In total she has participated in 5 Structured Democratic Dialogue workshops, including Reinventing Democracy and some co-organized with TEPAK in Limassol for redesigning education and one organized during Cyprus presidency.
Elina applies elements of SDD in kindergartens so that children have a voice from an early age.
Education
Elina is a graduate of Pedagogical Studies – Preschool Education (University of Cyprus) specializing in Developmental and Therapeutic Play (University of Swansea) and training in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics Type1 program through Bruce Perry's Neurosequential Network. She is the author of the book "Education plays. Basic principles of play for parents and teachers" and works as a kindergarten teacher in public schools in Cyprus. In the past he worked as a specialist scientist at the University of Cyprus, while in collaboration with other educational institutions and organizations he held trainings and experiential workshops on the subject of the game addressed to students, teachers and parents. She has been particularly involved in non-formal learning and has participated in workshops in Cyprus and abroad both as a trainer and as a trainee, using play as a key learning tool. He has a wide range of teaching experience with people aged from 2 years to 65. He strongly believes in the active participation of citizens in society for this and has founded the NGO EVyouth to promote volunteer work in different countries,
