The Jury Chairman and the Jury members

The Jury Chairman

Jørn Martin Steenhold.

He is a qualified kindergarten teacher, cand.phil. in pedagogy with studies in anthropology and folkloristics. He has worked as a pedagogue, head of institutions, seminar lecturer, professor at several Universities.

He has been Head of Research for several companies, amoungst others: Lego, Institute for Future Studies, Scandinavian Toy Institute etc..

He has published more than 52 books and written more than 500 articles on the subject of children's development and play.

He he a childhood researcher with children's play, tools, toys and knowledge as research fields.

He is one of the the Co- founders of ITRA

- International Toy Research Association.

The "Category" Jury members

All 16 Category Jury members are experts in pedagogy, childrens play and toys.

They all carry a PHD and are all qualified kindergarten teachers. They know all the is to know about childrens play.

All Jury menbers are Certified by the Scandinavian Toy Institute. This means that they all are able to I supervise when a Toy goes through the Scandinavian Toy Institute test and certification process.

'The process:

Tested - Proven - Documented - Certified is done via the test and certification manuals by Scandinavian Toy Institute.

The test- process can detect documentet Play & Learning in a specific area in a toy or lersning product.

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