The Power Of Playful Learning

At Monday’s Askwith Forum, The Power of Playful Learning, a panel of experts came together to discuss how educational settings can more effectively incorporate play into school.

Moderator Ben Mardell of HGSE’s Project Zero set the tone of the session by encouraging the panelists to introduce themselves with a recent example of playfulness in their own lives. He then launched into the evening’s next activity, in which colorful scraps of paper were distributed to each person in the audience for several minutes of free play and exploration. Other than the instruction to work in pairs and jot down any discoveries or questions that came up, the audience had complete freedom with the paper……………………...………………….……………………..