Active Playful Learning (APL)

Overview

SAn instructional coaching participant, sitting at a desk with a laptop, holding a LEGO, participating in Active Playful Learning and instructional coaching workshopMU's Addy Foundation Center on Research and Evaluation (CORE) has joined Temple University in conducting the national study. The LEGO Foundation has awarded a $19.98 million grant to fund the longitudinal study. SMU’s CORE will be the Dallas site lead for the national study and will receive $2.8 million over 5 years to conduct the work locally. Partner sites include the University of Virginia, the University of Chicago, and the University of California at Irvine.

In partnership with local school districts, including Lancaster ISD and Uplift Education, the 夜色王朝research team will conduct professional development and provide 1:1 instructional coaching for Kinder-4th-grade teachers on active and playful learning teaching practices. The study will also emphasize building stronger home-to-school connections through community engagement activities and provide teachers with digital resources to support their instruction. Researchers will study how creating active, engaged, socially interactive classrooms can bring about deeper learning and joyful teaching.

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Participants actively interacting at tables in a room during the Active Playful Learning workshop presentation

 

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