Euan Wilmshurst – Head of Advocacy & Communication, The Lego Foundation In Conversation with Edx Education. (Netherlands)

Episode 46- Heather Welch, Edx Education today we will be in conversation Euan Wilmshurst – Head of Advocacy and Communication The Lego Foundation Euan is part of Foundation’s senior leadership team, responsible for advocacy, communication and strategic partnerships across the organisation, building a future in which learning through play empowers children to become creative, engaged, lifelong learners on a global scale. Today we are chatting with Euan on learning through play, importance and barriers of play based learning around the globe. Here are the highlights from this episode: (01:14) Euan’s and Lego’s passion for play-based learning (03:11) Children’s learning throughout the pandemic and how it inspired ‘play.com’ (05:41) The barriers for play-based learning in today’s world (08:44) The children’s ‘skill-gap’ in less developed countries (12:23) The importance of play in adult life (15:42) How play-based learning can combat problems with children’s mental health (18:14) Countries that www.learningthroughplay.com are focussed on helping #legofoundation #learningthroughplay #creativitymatters