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Children of today are growing up in an environment of overstimulating processes and continuous information. What is the role of future education? Future literacy has a very important task of educating the critical and creative thinkers of tomorrow, of providing this necessary 鈥渋nner blank鈥� which allow us to absorb, invent and create. This is the path of one鈥檚 personal and later of societal development, and this is where children鈥檚 literature and art in general will support our efforts as educators.

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Angela Chalkiopoulou is a teacher, creative educator, a researcher of children鈥檚 literature and a Creative Director to the institution of 鈥淟ittle Odysseus鈥�. She studied English Literature in Artistotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece and at the same time studied Visual Communication in the private institute, Applied Art Studies in Thessaloniki. Her love for experiential learning led her to the creation of an original Children鈥檚 Creative Learning Centre, 鈥淎lice鈥檚 Nest鈥� in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece. She later moved to Cyprus where she created 鈥淟ittle Odysseus鈥� and a series of programs, 鈥淎lice in Writer鈥檚 Land鈥� with a focus to a future literacy that uses today鈥檚 鈥渃reative toolbox鈥� and harnesses the wisdom of culture and art. Among her many awards, she is the received the Global Teacher Award in 2022, by AKS Education Awards.

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