Play is how children explore, discover, fail, succeed, socialize, and flourish. It is a fundamental element of the human condition. It’s the key to giving schoolchildren skills they need to succeed–skills like creativity, innovation, teamwork, focus, resilience, expressiveness, empathy, concentration, and executive function. Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish educator and scholar, and Fulbright Scholar William Doyle make the case for helping schools and children thrive by unleashing the power of play and giving more physical and intellectual play to all schoolchildren.
- Pasi Sahlberg on Play in Education Pasi Sahlberg, UNSW Sydney
Faculti Audio Transcript – Let the Children Play
Photo Courtesy of Pasi Sahlberg
Image courtesy of interviewee. March 16, 2020