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 

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