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Play enforces children's love to learn - Play For All [Debate WISE 2014]

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Channel: WISE Channel · 2015 · Education

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Play performs an important role in children's intellectual, affective and social development and as such is regarded by some as the most “serious” activity undertaken by children. Play, at all ages, is an engaging way of fostering essential skills such as focus, creativity, collaboration and persistence. So why is play not exploited more widely in education beyond kindergarten? Can experiences that use play for learning and creativity inspire us to rethink the role of play in education?

Ms Meeta Sengupta (Center for Education Strategy, India) discusses with panelist Tiao Rocha (CPDC, Brazil), Prof. David Gauntlett (University of Westminster, UK), Johann Koss (Right to Play, Finland). 

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