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Figure 1: PMM tracking individuals’ understanding of ‘playfulness and me’ over the course of several workshops and a field trip. Red text was added before any workshops were...
Continue reading blog postPlayfulness has been defined as a disposition (Barnett, 1991) a mindset (Skilbeck, 2017) and fundamental for creativity (Cheng-Ping Chang, 2013). I have spent many years working in play and...
Continue reading blog postThroughout my life I have been exposed to an increasingly stressful and demanding expectation to perform, dictated not only by society (cultural pressures) but also through beliefs deeply...
Continue reading blog postNow in my fifth year of higher education (HE), I am in the unfortunate position to have more years as an undergraduate to reflect on than most, yet still have more to look forward to. Yes, I am a...
Continue reading blog postTom Nancarrow is an intercalating medical student at the University of Exeter Medical School. Following four years of his medical degree, he has taken the opportunity to study Sports and Exercise...
Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, student rent strikes took place in many universities in England. Lockdowns and moves to online learning meant that students were at times required to...
Continue reading blog postAlison James is a national teaching fellow, principal fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (now AdvanceHE), LEGO Serious Play facilitator and professional coach. She has worked in higher...
Sze Wa Ho is currently a Teacher of Biology at a UK independent school. Her professional development began with a double bachelor’s degree in Education and Science at the University of Hong...
Ian Gilbert is an educator, entrepreneur and award-winning writer and editor based partly in the UK and partly in the Netherlands. Described by IB Magazine as one of its 15 top ‘educational...
Maarten Koeners studies and teaches integrative physiology at the University of Exeter. He integrates insights in the physiology of play and playful learning with his academic practice. Recently...
Rebecca Hooker is a researcher and teacher with an extensive experience of teaching mixed groups of differing students of various ages and backgrounds (age 5–85). This has included teaching...
Steph Comley is an academic advisor at the University of Exeter and has been involved with online learning and technology enhanced learning in further and higher education for almost 20 years. She...
