Julia talks to me about the extensive work she's done as an LSP facilitator, from working with prisoners to children. She discusses the flexibility of Lego as a tool to explore feelings, situations and planning, and how to integrate it with other playful activities.

You can find out more about Julia's work at Lego Serious Play Facilitator | Julia Reeve Compassion Play | England

Or if you're interested in a session then you'll find more at the Play to Connect website Home | Play To Connect

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Madiha tells me abou the work of the academic charity UPSIGN which she chairs, providing a space for Pakistani academics to get together and taking the latest pedagogic ideas to teachers in Pakistan to enable greater inclusivity in the classroom.

You can find more information here:

https://www.upsign.org.uk/

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Andy talks about how he introduces the idea of playfulness into the classroom, it's importance in helping learning and his advice as someone who is autistic, dyspraxic and ADHD on taking neurodivergence into account in the classroom.

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For anyone thinking about promotion, fellowship or NTF, Virna talks to me about moving beyond traditional metrics and tricks for gathering and presenting impact.

Apologies for the poor sound quality on my end, I think I forgot to make sure the string was pulled tightly enough on the tin can I was using.

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Carys and I discuss the model she uses for encouraging Enterprise students to realise their learner potential through group based activities and reflection.

You can find more information here:

Enterprise Educators UK website: https://www.enterprise.ac.uk/

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Toolkit https://www.etctoolkit.org.uk/

QAA Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education guidance: https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/about-us/enterprise-and-entrpreneurship-education-2018.pdf?sfvrsn=20e2f581_26

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Dinah talks to me about her research into the effectiveness of active learning. We talk about benefits, challenges, preferences and implications, in particular in finding a balance in teaching styles.

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Paul and I discuss replication, formulation, innovation and origination along with the constraints of learn ing outcomes and how to be creative in any subject area.

Check out Paul's blog called "Stumbling with Confidence" https://stumblingwithconfidence.wordpress.com/

or Kleiman, P. (2008) Towards transformation: conceptions of creativity in higher education. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 45(3), pp.209–217.

or Kleiman, P. (2017) “We Don’t Need Those Learning Outcomes”: assessing creativity and creative assessment. HEA publication ‘Transforming Assessment in Higher Education’ (2017) edited by Sam Elkington and Carol Evans.

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In this episode Anoop and I discuss her work with students in challenging perceptions of the world and working towards effective change.

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Happy New Year

Today's is a special episode as it is just me wittering on about card games in an effort to becomes a National Teaching Fellow. If you'd like me to come and deliver a session on this to staff please contact me at [email protected]

Have a great 2025

Katie and Rosie join me to talk about alternate reality games, the playful philosophy, toys as avatars, sticklebricks and to remind everyone of the call for sessions for 2025 with a conference theme of surprise and disguise.

For more information about PLA check out the website: https://playfullearningassoc.co.uk/

For anyone interested in submitting a session: https://playfullearningassoc.co.uk/pl25-submission/

Thank you to everyone who has taken time out to listen to the podcast and shared with colleagues, I hope you all have a great Christmas break.