Playful Teaching and Training for Adult Learners
Using ideas from play and games in your in person training or teaching in any sector
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What You Will Learn!
- Articulate the benefits of using play in teaching or training adults (in-person)
- List some key barriers to enabling play in your learners
- Carry out and reflect upon at least 3 playful learning approaches
- Plan a playful in-person learning activity of your own
Description
Introducing ideas around play, playfulness, and games in teaching or training adults, together with examples of how they may be put into practice. The focus will be on in-person settings, but much of the material would translate to online settings too. It is a combination of short videos and supporting materials, including examples, together with reflective exercises.
Key areas include:
Defining playfulness, play, games and gamification
Personal pedagogies and learner expectations
Overcoming some barriers to play, or giving "permission to play"
Creating a playful environment
Creating zines, ad hoc printing and more
Simple card games
Playful writing
Planning a playful learning session
Plus much more besides!
By the end of the course you should have a clearer idea of whether playful learning approaches will work for you and your students, how they (and you) might benefit from them, have a set of examples of playful approaches, and reflected upon how you can use them in your own practice.
Andrew is a National Teaching Fellow in the UK, gaining this award through his use of game based learning and playful teaching approaches. He speaks and writes widely on the topic and has been running in person and online course in playful and creative learning topics for over a decade.
Who Should Attend!
- Trainers or teachers of adult learners that wish to use playful approaches to benefit their learners