The Role of Coaching in Developing Playful Lessons
Giving teachers time to collaborate on making classroom activities more active, social, and meaningful can result in higher student engagement鈥攁nd deeper understanding of academic content.
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Go to My Saved Content.Many teachers want their classroom to be a place where learning is more joyful, but with the demands of content standards, time pressures, and classroom management, that can sometimes feel out of reach. In Denmark, some schools have solved this challenge by adopting an instructional coaching model: Educators trained in playful learning collaborate and consult with teachers regularly to help infuse socialization, activity, creativity, and meaning into their lessons. At Vorbasse School in Billund, when playful learning guide Maria Astrup Bendixen worked with math teacher Nicolaj Bech, they transformed a statistics lesson into a more connected and memorable experience for his middle school students.
To learn more about the research behind the practices seen in the video, check out the links below.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics鈥� (2018)
- Kayleigh Skene, Christine M. O鈥橣arrelly, Elizabeth M. Byrne, Natalie Kirby, Eloise C. Stevens, and Paul G. Ramchandani鈥檚 (2022)
- Rachel Parker, Bo Stjerne Thomsen, and Amy Berry鈥檚 (2022)
- Matthew A. Kraft, David Blazar, and Dylan Hogan鈥檚 (2018)
- Robyn M. Gillies鈥檚 (2016)
- Anna Abramczyk and Susanne Jurkowski鈥檚 (2020)
- Elaine H. J. Yew and Karen Goh鈥檚 (2016)
- Donna King and Stephen M. Ritchie鈥檚 article on (2011)
Vorbasse Skole
麻豆传媒入口 developed the Making Learning More Playful series with support from .