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teachertaskforce.org

As children returned to school after pandemic-related closures, many teachers found that play helped to ease them back into a learning routine. Their experiences add to mounting evidence from research on how learning through play can develop skills such as creativity and collaboration. Teachers and experts shared their perspectives in a session at the 13th Policy Dialogue Forum on innovation organised by the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030, in Kigali, Rwanda earlier this month. Watch the session on replay here. What is learning through play? Ruth Mbabazi, from Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)’s Let’s Learn through Play programme, explained: “Play is joyful – children express themselves with pleasure. Play is socially interactive – children communicate, they build relationships, they can work together. Play is iterative – they test and retest what they know, by investigating different concepts.” “There is evidence that these characteristics help children to learn better and deeper”, added Lieve Leroy from VVOB - education for development. “Learning is not just acquiring academic knowledge and skills, but stimulating the development of a diverse set of domains such as emotional, social, physical skills. Play facilitates such holistic development.” During lockdowns, many children lost opportunities to play. In the session, teachers shared how play-based learning had been critical in rebuilding mental wellbeing, enabling them to express their imagination and curiosity again, and develop persistence and dispute resolution. In the words of teacher Eric Ndayishimiye: “Play-based approaches created space for collaboration. They helped to encourage self-regulation by controlling one’s behaviour, emotions and thoughts in pursuit of long-term goals.” But while parents instinctively understand the value of learning through play for very young children, not everyone understands that this applies equally across all levels of education. Parents often suppor

wusc.ca

Contact WUSC's global offices in Canada, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Find key contacts for media, donations, general inquiries, and program offices.

camfed.org

CAMFED is honored to be a beneficiary of The New York Times Communities Fund for the third year running

globalpartnership.org

Education Out Loud is GPE’s fund to support stronger civil society engagement in education.

unesco.or.jp

東日本大震災の経験や教訓を全国の学校防災につなげることを目的に、日本各地で今後起こりうるさまざまな自然災害に備えるための減災・防災教育に取り組む全国の学校をサポートする事業です。

psi.org

Nonprofit organization making it easier for people in the developing world to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire by marketing affordable products and services.

cinfo.ch

Have experienced facilitators guide your institutional processes.

icwa.org

As tourism to Greece breaks records, Crete explores more sustainable alternatives, ICWA fellow Steven Tagle writes.