Interview #35 | Iván Martínez Perán - "From Vera to La Zubia, playing with chess pieces"

"Trampoline educational chess towards competitive chess"

Interview with Iván Martínez Perán, Teacher of Primary Education and English by José Manuel Sierra Lozano, Director of EXPOCHESS. In the interview we discussed the following points:

-Iván's childhood stage in chess, support from his parents, ten years of disconnection during his time at university.
-Beginning of his activities with educational chess and classroom Djaque after his arrival at the CEIP Reyes Católicos de Vera.
-Director of the "Villa de La Zubia" Chess Club (Granada), and the teaching of chess with an educational approach.
-School innovation programs:
"Mathematical creativity through chess".
"The development of communication skills through chess" (with the Vera senior center).
"Chess and its values ??through debate and film".
-Book "THE BOOK FOR SCHOOL CHAMPIONS...AND CHESS! by Iván Martínez Perán.
-Social and cultural chess:
CEIP Reyes Católicos Charity Chess Tournament, which raised more than €5,000 for the Josep Carreras Foundation.
Simultaneous of Ruslan Ponomariov (former world champion) in Vera (Almería).
Sabrina Vega (Reina Sofia Award) in La Zubia or Alcalá la Real.
-Vera Living Chess, based on stories from "Moors and Christians" dramatized and adapted to the participation of students from all schools in the town.

Who is Ivan?
Ivan Martinez Peran
-Teacher of Primary Education and English.
-Director of the Municipal Chess School of CA Villa de La Zubia.
-Member of the Pedagogical Coordination Team of the Program for Educational Innovation "aulaDjaque".



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