Play is essential for child development but is not always encouraged within formal educational settings. Increasingly, children are losing the freedom, time, and space for play. They are under more adult supervision and play itself is becoming structured. At school, play is pushed aside for more formal academic content.
In this episode, we have invited Pasi Sahlberg, a Professor of Education Policy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, and coauthor of Let the Children Play: Why more play will save our schools and help children thrive (with William Doyle, 2019) alongside Alexandra Harper, an accomplished practitioner and leader in the early childhood, primary and tertiary sectors across government and independent systems to talk about the importance of play in education systems.
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