Skomer: a Place for Playful Learning




“Each week I was required to complete one or two several thousand word essays, ticking off sources from the reading list as I went by. I was encouraged to read beyond the facts, to make my own assumptions and to prove and disprove theories. Another shock was for me that now – for the first time – my opinion actually mattered. Rather than simply regurgitating the textbook, tutors were asking me what I thought”.

Adam, an undergraduate at Oxford.

 http://blog.culturalecology.info/2019/02/09/skomer-an-island-for-playful-learning/


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