BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:855@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20260224T130000Z DTEND:20260224T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260203T091913Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/from-research-to-policy-learning-through -play-in-mexican-pre-schools/ SUMMARY:From research to policy: Learning through play in Mexican pre-schoo ls DESCRIPTION:24 February 2026\, 13:00-14:00 GMT\nREGISTER HERE\nThis is an i n-person event at the Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge\, wit h the option of also joining online.\nSpeakers:\n\n Dr Dina Fajardo Tovar\ , Emerging Technologies and AI in Education Project Manager\, Theirworld\n Dr Elisa Bonilla Rius\, DIrector\, Bonilla &\; Torres-H Educational Co nsulting (BOTH)\n\nOne important aspect of research development is identif ying ways in which research can meaningfully inform policy and practice. H owever\, this process is not always easy or straightforward.\nIn this semi nar\, Dr. Dina Fajardo-Tovar\, a recent PhD graduate from the Faculty of E ducation\, will share key insights from her doctoral research exploring te achers’ perspectives and practices of learning through play in Mexico\, as well as her efforts to translate these findings into implications for e ducational practice and policy.\nThe presentation will be followed by a re sponse from Mtra. Elisa Bonilla-Rius\, a former senior official at Mexico ’s Ministry of Public Education (SEP)\, who will draw on her extensive e xperience in educational policy and practice to reflect on how this type o f research can inform decision-making\, and how research can be further ta ilored to better respond to the needs and realities of policy and practice .\nPresenters\nElisa Bonilla-Rius has over three decades of professional e xperience. Through her career she has combined her academic work with high -level executive positions\, both in the public and private sectors. Her e xtensive experience in designing and implementing public policies to ensur e educational quality –from early childhood to the end of compulsory edu cation– encompasses the following areas: literacy\, curriculum developme nt\, innovative educational solutions (printed &\; digital)\, teacher p rofessional development\, improvement of educational infrastructure (espec ially concerning school and classroom libraries)\, as well as teacher trai ning and their professional development.\nAt the Mexican Ministry of Publi c Education (SEP) she first served as Director General for Educational Met hods &\; Didactical Materials (1993-2007) and later as Director General for Curriculum Development (2016-2018).\nCurrently\, as Director for Qual ity Education Assurance at Bonilla &\; Torres-H Educational Consulting (BOTH)\, she advises various public and private institutions. She has an H onours BA in Mathematics\, (UNAM\, Mexico)\, an MPhil in Mathematics Educa tion as well as have been enrolled in the doctoral program (Cantab).\nDina Fajardo-Tovar has over a decade of experience working at the intersection of research\, policy and practice. She recently completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education\, where her research examined how learning through play is understood and implemented by rural and urba n early childhood educators in Mexico. Dina is committed to bridging resea rch and practice through international collaborations in educational resea rch\, programme design\, and evidence-based evaluation.\nShe is currently Emerging Technologies and AI in Education Project Manager at Theirworld\, a non-profit organisation focused on supporting education worldwide\, and is also the founder of Kmbal A.C.\, where she co-designs and implements ed ucational programmes in Mexico.\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/1 0/REAL-logo-LRG-1-smaller.jpg CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR