Varied Intervention Focus Interventions featured in the Re-imagine Learning Challenge covered almost every category, from childcare and community-based interventions to curricular or policy. [online chart w] Players identified with a full range of roles related to learning, including teachers, administrators, coaches, parents, and students. [online chart y] They also engaged with three distinct age groups. It was also promising to see how many Players in the Challenge were affiliated with formal schools (more than 53%, or about 334 projects self-identified with a public or private school), demonstrating how their work is being actively developed within formal learning contexts where learning outcomes are a central focus. Furthermore, at every stage, more Players associated with public (tuition-free) schools than with private schools. [online chart x]
Network Tip No. 5: Build upon strong ties to schools The range of connections held by members of the network sends the strong signal that playful learning isn’t accessible only to students at schools of means, nor is it limited to specific age groups; the network already has a presence in schools across the world - both public and private - that can serve to inspire and spread effective approaches, or strengthen the impact of existing ones. It would be worthwhile to design more specific questions to better understand those educatorinnovators who are operating without any affiliation to schools, or posing a more specific call for solutions by parents or other leaders in informal learning settings.
[Online charts available at Changemakers.com/play2learn]
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