The academic staff of the Child Development Department, during Palubinskaitė's visit, had discussions with her about the similarities and differences in child development, health, and education areas in Türkiye and Lithuania, and shared their ideas on joint projects and research that could be conducted between the schools.
In addition, Palubinskaitė conducted a workshop titled "Yoga Practices with Children and the Contribution of Physical Activities to Physical and Mental Development" for students from the Turkish and English programs of the Child Development Department which lasted two days. The workshop included a theoretical introduction on the importance of physical activities and yoga activities for children, as well as a practical part where examples of physical activities were performed.
Palubinskaitė's visit constituted a new step in the long-standing international collaboration between the Pedagogy and Early Childhood Education Departments of Klaipeda University of Applied Sciences (KVK) and the Child Development Department of IGU. In addition to this visit, to date, two academics and two students from the Child Development Department have gone to Klaipeda under the Erasmus+ Program, and three students from Klaipeda University of Applied Sciences have been guests of our Child Development Department for a semester.
