I have just been doing some reading on this for my Masters. Some really good articles that highlight the importance of Play in children's education. Here is what Daniel Pink thinks...
P179 Brain Sutton – Smith - professor Education University of Education- The opposite of play isn’t work. It is depression. To play is to act out and be willful, exultant and committed as if one is assured of one’s prospects. Homo ludens – man the player
Humour is showing it self as an accurate marker for managerial effectiveness, emotional intelligence,
Albert Einstein – Games are the most elevated forms of investigation
Video gaming – big business
P185 -John Paul Gee What Video Games have to teach us about Learning and Literacy Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 – p 205 “ Learning is about memorizing isolated facts. It is about connecting and manipulating them.”
Pat Kane Play Ethic – Play will be to the 21st century what work was to the last 300 years of industrial society – our dominant way of knowing, doing and creating value.Right H Brain is essential for understanding humourP190 – P. Shammi and D. Stuss, Humour Appreciation: A Role of the Right Frontal Lobe, Brain 1999 vol 122 p 663 Humour represents one of the highest forms of intelligence. P 190 – the most effective executives employ humour twice as often as middle of the pack
The importance of laughter. P 195 – can decrease stress hormones and boost the immune system Laughter links with social relationships – we rarely laugh alone Laughing creates more creative peoplewww.laughteryoga.org humour scale – tinyurl.com/6t7ff www.inventionatplay.org
P179 Brain Sutton – Smith - professor Education University of Education- The opposite of play isn’t work. It is depression. To play is to act out and be willful, exultant and committed as if one is assured of one’s prospects. Homo ludens – man the player
Humour is showing it self as an accurate marker for managerial effectiveness, emotional intelligence,
Albert Einstein – Games are the most elevated forms of investigation
Video gaming – big business
P185 -John Paul Gee What Video Games have to teach us about Learning and Literacy Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 – p 205 “ Learning is about memorizing isolated facts. It is about connecting and manipulating them.”
Pat Kane Play Ethic – Play will be to the 21st century what work was to the last 300 years of industrial society – our dominant way of knowing, doing and creating value.Right H Brain is essential for understanding humourP190 – P. Shammi and D. Stuss, Humour Appreciation: A Role of the Right Frontal Lobe, Brain 1999 vol 122 p 663 Humour represents one of the highest forms of intelligence. P 190 – the most effective executives employ humour twice as often as middle of the pack
The importance of laughter. P 195 – can decrease stress hormones and boost the immune system Laughter links with social relationships – we rarely laugh alone Laughing creates more creative peoplewww.laughteryoga.org humour scale – tinyurl.com/6t7ff www.inventionatplay.org
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