180: Liam Isaac Bringing LEGO Serious Play To The Education World

Challenges & Goals

Liam's challenge is to enhance engagement and discovery in education through innovative methods like LEGO Serious Play. His goal is to make learning more accessible and engaging by leveraging play and creativity. The educator aims to constantly innovate their teaching methods, inspire creative thinking, develop a growth mindset among students, and integrate design thinking into the curriculum.

Takeaways

• The transformative potential of LEGO Serious Play as a tool for effective communication. Its versatility across different subjects within the educational context.
• There was agreement on the importance of creating an environment where students feel their voice matters.
• Both speakers advocated for integrating playful methods like LEGO Serious Play into curriculum planning.

Emerging Patterns

• Importance of active participation
• Equitable sharing of ideas
• Co-construction of knowledge in a learning environment
• Emphasis on 'learning by doing'
• Iterative learning
• Openness to new ideas

Key Moments

1) "I think LSP…is a tool to support effective communication."

2) "Everyone has to build a response and everyone has to share their model story."

3) "One of the nice things about using LEGO bricks is that you strip that back to a baser level of communication."

New Ideas

• Exploration of other tools or methodologies beyond LEGO Serious Play for design thinking in education.
• Inclusion of more diverse voices – perhaps educators from different levels (primary, secondary), disciplines or cultural backgrounds – for a broader range of insights.
• Creation of resources providing concrete examples for educators who want to start using LSP but don't know where or how to begin(check out the book below!)

Resources

• BUILDING BETTER LEARNING: USING THE LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® METHOD IN EDUCATION https://amzn.to/3EfiyG3
• LinkedIn Profile
• LEGO Serious Work