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How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education

April 2, 2019

We are born with the natural ability to gain skills through play. As children, we learn about social norms, roles and responsibilities, and language through curiosity-driven, playful interactions and activities. Learning through play harnesses the power of children’s imagination and inspires active engagement with the material. At the Center for Universal Education at Brookings, we are studying innovations that strive to improve education. If the education sector stays on its current trajectory.

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North Greenville University is a co-educational liberal arts institution which provides opportunities for higher education in a biblically sound Christ-centered environment and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees in over 30 fields of study. The College of Adult Professional Studies (CAPS) is the online undergraduate college of North Greenville University.

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