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Every last Wednesday of the month, the ECU Education Commission holds a Discussion Group Meeting for chess educators to share knowledge and discuss ideas on various topics related to Chess in Education. Discussion Group Meetings allow participants to learn from one another and gain new insights through diverse perspectives.
| 2026 | Topic | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| May | Chess in Schools BEST practice award A successful national project from Czechia Venuše Souralová (Czechia) | |
| April | Building a Teacher Network for Chess in Education The Story of Ficheall in Ireland Liam Murray (Ireland) | |
| March | Forest Chess Pedagogy: What Can Emerge from Combining Chess and Forest Science? Vitalie Gulca (Moldova) | |
| February | Designing Chess Lessons Where Children Want to Think Elliott Neff (USA) | |
| January | An Austrian High School Pathway from Learning Chess to Teaching It Hans-Jürgen Koller (Austria) |
| 2025 | Topic | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| September | Let’s prepare our chess class for the next academic year Brigitta Peszleg (UK) | |
| May | Educational chess for life in the Peruvian context Martín Malaspina Quevedo (Peru) | |
| April | From The Mechanical Turk to fair play Dominika Stochniałek (Poland) | |
| March | “Someday I’ll Be a Queen” Introducing chess to preschoolers Christel Minne (Belgium) | |
| February | What is Recreational Mathematics and how does it relate to chess? Tiago Hirth (Portugal) | Meeting Notes |
| January | Communication in the Chess Classroom Brigitta Peszleg (UK) & Hari Neocleous (UK) |
| 2024 | Topic | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| November | A story can change the game for your students! Kyla Zhao (USA) | |
| October | Chess for children with an autism spectrum disorder FIDE Infinite Chess Project | Meeting Notes |
| September | Creativity and Creation in the Chess Classroom Tom Mahoney (USA) | |
| May | Chess and Classroom Management Victoria Winifred (USA) | |
| April | Teaching games to maximise engagement John Foley (UK) | |
| February | Chess and Community Devina Rishi (UK) | |
| January | The CGS Project – Chess: a Game to be Spread in Schools How to turn your idea into a successful project? Alessandro Dominici (Italy) & Jesper Hall (Sweden) | Meeting Notes |