12th European Nienhuis Montessori Retreat 2024

Speakers

Patrick Oudejans Patrick worked at the AFC Ajax Youth Academy from 2012-2016 as a data analyst and is an UEFA licensed youth coach with more than 12 years of coaching experience with children in the ages from 3 till 16. Patrick is a creative and optimistic individual that is pas sionate about education and entrepreneurship, able to connect and reach out to different generations. He lo ves the process from creation to improvement and refi nement. With products as well as with people. Furthermore, he strongly believes that human connec tion is the core of everything we do and why we are here on earth. In 2018 he founded Montessori Sports and moved to Beijing, China, from where he set up various Montes sori Sports programmes in theAsia-Pacific region. He is specialized in creating environments with room for constant changes and improvements, based on the in dividual needs of children. Patrick holds a honors bachelor degree (Bsc) in Sports, Management and Business at the Amsterdam Univer sity of Applied Sciences. He has almost completed the AMI 3-6 Diploma Course.

Lecture The role of the sports teacher is essential as it comes to providing a joyful learning experience in sports for children of all levels and backgrounds. How can the sports teacher introduce the concepts of choice, order, discipline and freedom into a prepared sports environment? Using practical examples Patrick will show how Montessori Sports offers a new paradigm to sports, physical education and movement in schools and sports clubs.

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