COMMENT: There is really no manual for creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. The best schools can do is to make sure that the three Rs and a knowledge- and competency-rich curriculum has space for playful, innovative engagement.
There has not been such a burst of interest in plans and programmes in South Africa’s education system for a long time. From preschool to university, practitioners, researchers and opinionistas are talking about the fourth industrial revolution . It makes sense that the place to start preparing for a life with artificial intelligence is the school.
By the time they enter school, they are already playfully engaging with the four Cs at their level of development. They have already created playthings and have made up their own games, collaborating with their peers and siblings. They have solved the problems they face in their play world and they have learned how to communicate — often in different languages.
It is only recently that our brains have had to “recircuit” their visual powers to learn to read. And it is only recently that we started structuring the world mathematically. To address the importance of play, the Lego Foundation is sponsoring the Lego Professor of Play at Cambridge University, where studies will include how “children are equipped with 21st-century skills like problem-solving, team work and self-control”.
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