
As the economic recovery continues, 50 per cent of British businesses are planning to take on extra workers in 2015, the CBI said, but the skills shortage could stop jobs being filled. Furthermore, youngsters are lacking basic communications skills due to parents handing them smartphones instead of playing with them.
With this in mind, the University of Cambridge has endeavoured to create a new professorship role, focussed on how playing affects the way children learn fundamental life skills.?The full title will be Lego professorship of play in education, development, and learning.?It’s being funded by ?2.5m from the Lego Foundation.? In a Forbes interview with Randa Grob-Zakhary, CEO of the?Lego Foundation, she explained that the Lego Foundation’s central focus was to develop creativity, as well as the skills needed from the next generation. According to?Grob-Zakhary, the best way?unlock learning and developmental benefits in children is by letting them have fun. When children reach the age of three, they are already developing areas key to executive functions, she said. This includes problem-solving, sustaining attention, planning and directing activities, and monitoring performance.? Read more about Lego:- Even Lego sees the importance of inspiring women
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