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'Want to solve the recruitment crisis? Pay teachers more and tr... 'Parents of children with SEND are too often ignored or labelled "pushy"' Number of pupils offered preferred secondary school place falls in most ... New sex education curriculum will address 21st-century risks, government... Sex and relationships education to be compulsory in all schools World Book Day: What’s your favourite children’s book? Four in five top-performing comprehensive schools are 'socially selective'If your idea of the perfect job is playing with Lego all day, you may be in luck.The University of Cambridge is advertising for a Lego Professorship of Play in Education, Development, and Learning thanks to funding from the Lego Foundation.The application does come with a number of caveats, though. Namely, you must be an "outstanding scholar in the field of educational or developmental psychology in early years development" – with a focus on working in the field of play and playfulness – and the deadline is this Friday, January 20.The Lego Foundation has also funded a research centre in Play in Education, Development and Learning (Pedal) to study the importance of play in education.
It is aiming to produce research which supports "excellence in education" to help children learn better in schools.Playing online games can make children smarter (just don't let them use social media) In the job listing, the Board of Electors writes: "Candidates for the Lego Professorship in the Faculty of Education will have an outstanding research record of international stature and the vision, leadership, experience and enthusiasm to act as Director of the newly established Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning (Pedal).""Standard professorial duties include teaching and research, examining, supervision and administration. The Professor will be based in Cambridge. A competitive salary will be offered."There is an increasing focus on how important play is in education, not just from Lego but from other firms including Microsoft. Bill Gates' company recently launched Minecraft: Education Edition, following a six-month beta that saw more than 50,000 students and teachers around the world testing out the software.
Unlike the regular version of the game, Education Edition is specifically tailored for school use, allowing teachers to deliver interactive lessons and guide pupils through concepts by 'doing' rather than rote memorisation.It drew criticism, however, from Tom Bennett – the UK government's 'behaviour czar', who believes the sandbox world-builder is a detriment to lessons.As part of his role as director of researchED and Chair of the Department for Education's behaviour group, he advises MPs about classroom behaviour, and spoke out against what he sees as the 'gimmicky' use of Minecraft in classrooms.Speaking to The Times (paywalled), Bennett said: "I am not a fan of Minecraft in lessons. This smacks to me of another gimmick which will get in the way of children actually learning."He added, mimicking language used in the recent US election campaign by president-elect Trump, "removing these gimmicky aspects of education is one of the biggest tasks facing us as teachers. We need to drain the swamp of gimmicks."
England's prestigious University of Cambridge is hiring a new professor to lead a new research center — courtesy of your child's favorite toy company. As described in the latest edition of the Cambridge University Reporter, the new hire will officially be known as the "LEGO Professorship of Play in Education, Development, and Learning," and will lead a research center of the same name. The job, the Reporter says, "should be open to all those whose work falls within the general field of the title of the office." The LEGO foundation, which provided the university with $6.2 million in funding, owns 25 percent of the LEGO Group, the nearly century-old, Denmark-based toy company. The foundation's mission, according to its website, is "to support children's play, learning and creativity." The foundation says that it "actively collaborates" with academics from MIT and Cambridge, and that it conducts research examining "the importance of recognizing playfulness and creativity," for instance, and how confidence contributes to intellect.
The professorship was approved earlier this year by the university's general board and is to begin October 1.One of the world's best universities is planning to hire a professor - of Lego. The lucky candidate will be the head of their own research department at prestigious University of Cambridge. Officials say the role is expected to be created within the Faculty of Education after the university received £4 million of donations from the Lego Foundation. • Why Lego is ruining my life Cambridge's general board has recommended for the Lego professorship "of play in education, development and learning" to start in October 2015. The professor will be director of the Research Centre on Play in Education, Development and Learning. A board of electors will be selected to chose from the candidates for the post whose work must fall "within the general field of the title of the office." Will the new Lego professor be able to make models like this one of St Pancras station? • Lego exhibition depicts life of Napoleon at Waterloo In the latest edition of university magazine The Reporter vice-chancellor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz says "he has accepted with gratitude a benefaction of £1.5million from the Lego Foundation, payable over three years, of which both the capital and the income may be used to support a Research Centre on Play in Education, Development, and Learning within the Faculty of Education over the same period."