
Investing in education could add $2.54 trillion to the global economy: 'Playful learning' is key
Taking a playful approach to education would help teach children vital skills for the future and could add $2.54 trillion to the global economy.
Dr. Bo Stjerne Thomsen is the Vice-President and Chair of Learning through Play in the LEGO Foundation. The function of the Chair is to be the expert at the highest level to the executive leadership on how children and adults learn through play, and providing consultation at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels to international partners, leaders and advocacy. He is a spokesperson representing the LEGO Foundation and the LEGO Brand Group at international fora’s, and advising leadership teams across the LEGO entities, in order to attain the overall LEGO Brand Vision of Learning through Play.
Bo Stjerne spend 9 years building the research agenda and organizational expertise on children’s development, play and learning, in order for the LEGO Foundation to be the leading authority on learning through play, and advising international NGO’s, corporates and public partners on research implementation. First, he was the Director of the LEGO Learning Institute, later Head of the Centre for Creativity, Play and Learning, and lastly as the Global Head of Research, leading the research partners and international projects on the role and impact of play on creativity and lifelong learning.
Bo Stjerne has published widely on Creativity, Play and Learning, most recently on the role of play for children’s learning in schools, and presented the work to international organizations, forums, policy and practice. He did his master’s degree in design, architecture and engineering, and his PhD on performative learning environments, and worked 10 years developing learning environments and technology applications across four continents. He has been a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab in Boston through an elite research scholarship, studied research management and leadership at Copenhagen Business School and IMD in Switzerland, and an advisor to various international research organizations, including the University of Cambridge PEDAL Research Centre, the Torrance Centre for Creativity, Design for Play in Denmark and the Lifelong Learning Lab at Tsinghua University.
Taking a playful approach to education would help teach children vital skills for the future and could add $2.54 trillion to the global economy.
雇用市場の変化やグローバル化、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大といった人生を変える出来事を乗り越えていく中で、適応力と創造性は成功と成長に欠かせません。大人になってからも、これらのスキルと学習することへの純粋な喜びが人生全体の満足度に影響を与え、成長と適応のための手段となるのです。
随着新冠肺炎大流行进一步加快了经济和就业市场的迅速变化,学习新技能和适应新企业的能力对于工人和企业变得更加重要。Gartner研究发现,某一项工作所需的技能数量每年以10%的速度增长,麦肯锡最近调查的公司中有85%的公司表示,他们已经加快了数字化进程。
The ability to adapt is essential today. If parents and educational systems leveraged learning through play, we could all be more prepared for the future.
Experts now recognize the benefits of learning through play, especially for early brain development, and the role that adults can play in nurturing this.