Kreativitet, innovasjon og entreprenørskap i utdanningssystemene i Norden

Could a playful approach to teaching be a path to resonant connections? Experiences from teacher education in Denmark

“…However, this way of putting one-sided emphasis on thinking and cognition in education seems to entail risks of overlooking the bodily and sensuous aspects of learning, which again entails a risk of emotional stress, because the body is always there in the classroom no matter if the body's needs are addressed or not. Even broader approaches like educational entrepreneurship (Sjøvoll et al, 2011), 21st Century Skills (OECD, 2019, practical expertise (Jensen et al, 2022a), sustainability pedagogy (Lund, 2020), learning through play (Skovbjerg and Sand, 2022), seem to downplay the role of the body and senses when it comes to higher education. In our research context, the effort to employ playful approaches to learning in teacher education is an example of an educational development in which the students' bodies are instrumental to succeed, which is described in this paper.…”