Learning to play?

These are my latest ideas on why all all good learning is play and all good play is learning:

•We learn most things by accident and very little in isolation: free play

•Learning moments are triggered when our internal working models are no longer fit for purpose: discovery play

•By becoming aware of incongruence, we can become critical and curious. This is both empowering and transformative: growing play

•Discoveries are only made when errors are celebrated (contrary to much of the history of education - Ed) : pick-yourself-up-and-have-another-go play

•A diverse social context for learning enriches all the learners and may lead from individual to social transformation: group play

•All good learning and all good scholarship are play, or learnplay