LEGO® Education has published a position paper addressing the challenges facing current primary to secondary education and the need for systemic change. Highlighting the need to modify the current approach towards collaborative and playful learning, "It's time to Rethink Learning" aims to make STEAM learning more enjoyable, build resilience and create environments that naturally weave in life skills.

LEGO® Education proposes 5 ways purposeful play can improve learning outcomes:

• Motivate learning that never stops: Integrating purposeful play into education engages students, develops critical-thinking and social skills needed for real life; making learning fun encourages students to pursue knowledge throughout their lives.
• Build confidence and community: Collaborative play experiences build communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills. Besides, giving students a voice and a choice in how they learn improves learning outcomes.
• Address systematic inequities: All students can succeed at playful learning, making it an accessible way to learn, and breaking down barriers between classmates.
• Make classrooms more dynamic: Lessons incorporating play are more motivating, memorable, and meaningful; making projects based on real-world experiences help students learn to apply concepts.
• Inspire creativity and discovery: Social, collaborative, purposeful play encourages exploration vs. finding the "right" answer. Students become self-directed, asking and answering their own questions.

Read the whole "It's time to Rethink Learning" position paper to go into detail about the need for purposeful play and lifelong learning.

Visit www.LEGOeducation.com to connect with educators around the world to discuss how they are implementing purposeful play in the classroom.

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