Unblocking Student Minds Using Lego to Enhance Student Creativity and Critical Thinking
Principles: Emphasis on metaphor Everyone has an obligation to
build and the right to tell the story in the Lego model The builder owns the Lego model
and its story and accept the builder’s meaning and story in the Lego model
Dr Andy Clegg Principal Lecturer Learning and Teaching
Question the Lego model and its
story not the person [Kristiansen and Rasmussen, 2014]
Unblocking Student Minds Using Lego to Enhance Student Creativity and Critical Thinking Serious play is not about the building of literal models but rather constructing metaphorical and symbolic creations that represent problems, solutions, realisations, and models of communication…’ [James and Brookfield, 2014, p. 116]
Principles: Emphasis on metaphor Everyone has an obligation to
build and the right to tell the story in the Lego model The builder owns the Lego model
and its story and accept the builder’s meaning and story in the Lego model Question the Lego model and its
story not the person [Kristiansen and Rasmussen, 2014]
Planning for Play
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Idea Development > Strategy Formulation
Indicative Application Techniques (AT): Building Individual Models and Stories
Building Shared Models and Stories
Creating a Landscape
Systems & Making Connections
Lego Serious Play in Action
everybody builds everybody shares, everybody speaks
Lego Serious Play in Action
everybody builds everybody shares, everybody speaks
Lego Serious Play in Action Lessons Learnt:
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everybody builds everybody shares, everybody speaks