COVID-19 PACKAGE - Education • The Educational Maze

Topic
- Society
- Identity & emotions
- Strategy & logic
Learning skills
- Self-management & future orientation
- Self-awareness
- Problem solving & decision making
- Creative thinking
- Communication & expression
Activity type
- Group discussion
- Physical distancing
Materials
- Basic
- Printable downloads
Age
- 6 - 11 years
- 12 - 14 years
- 15 - 17 years
- 18+ years
>15 minutes
+5 players
Easy
Calm
Small (office, pavement)

Contributors

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Pens and papers
Educational Maze Panel Download educational-maze.pdf (46.8mb)

A step-by-step guide to play the game

Take a minute to discover the panel with a group of 2-8 players.

Then, ask one of the children to step forward and to pick one of the 4 brain colors. The colors represent 4 categories:

GREEN = TOOLS you use to learn
BLUE = WHERE do you learn
YELLOW = WHO do you learn from
RED = HOW do you learn

A player picks a category (for example: BLUE = where). Ask the player to pick all the locations he/she finds on the panel where he/she learns. Discuss the images with the group.

Then, ask the group if it's still possible to learn in all these locations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Which locations are closed? Are there alternatives available? Which places became more/less important during the pandemic? How does COVID-19 affects your learning curve?

To wrap-up the activity, ask the kids to make a drawing of their ideal learning space. All the players present their drawing to the group. You can do the same activity with the other categories.

Extra game information

This activity is a part of the COVID-19 package. The package aims to give youth workers the tools to discuss the consequences of the pandemic with their target group. The COVID-19 overview panel is the starting point for all the discussions. After playing the overview panel, extra activities on the seven different topics are available to dive deeper into the matter.

This educational panel offers youth workers the opportunity to discuss the different ways of formal and non-formal learning with children. Four categories are depicted on the panel, and every category contains multiple examples. All the examples have a circle with the same colour as the category, so it's easy to determine which example is linked to which category.

The categories are:

GREEN = TOOLS you use to learn
BLUE = WHERE do you learn
YELLOW = WHO do you learn from
RED = HOW do you learn

GREEN = TOOLS (examples clockwise)

Tablet and smartphone
Guitar, ball and painter's easel
Toolbox
Pen and paper
Books
Toys and chess board
Radio and television
Gaming console
Internet
Online videos

BLUE = LOCATIONS (where do you learn)

Mobile School
Home
Sports-field
Classroom
University
Religious buildings
Internet café
Factory
Street/market
Library/youth centre

YELLOW = Who do you learn from

Friends
Director/boss
Other cultures
Coach/youth worker
Role models
Religious characters (priest, imam)
Family

RED = how do you learn

Play
Plan
Structure, make to-do lists
Reward, get a certificate
Reflect, think
Listen
Ask questions, discuss
Explain, take responsibility
Experiment
Practice, train
Study and learn

It's important to stress that children can also learn outside of a school environment. They learn constantly! COVID-19 has disrupted formal education, but it's still possible for children to keep learning in different environments. This panel initiates this discussion!

Variations

Combine different colors! For example: learning by playing. Where can you do that? With whom do you like to play? What do you learn from it? What are the tools you use? Write down the key findings on a paper or on a blackboard.
Goal-setting: define a goal together with one of the players. Then, ask the player which steps he/she needs to take in order to accomplish the objective. Get inspiration by looking at the education panel. Which ways work best for you? How can you achieve your target? Are there multiple pathways to reach your goal?

Specific learning objectives

Learn about the impact of COVID-19 on education
Train creativity on how to reach targets

What people said about this game

Sander Degeling

Partnership Coordinator Africa & Asia StreetwiZe • Mobile School BE

15 September, 2020

(1)

Really nice game! Fun activity to reflect with the kids on different ways of learning.

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