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Just came across this school while looking up stuff on LARPing. Here LARPs (live action roleplay) are a core part of what they do. Every week they play some alternative universe type game which helps them learn https:\/\/osterskov.dk\/oesterskov-in-english\/<\/a> Easier if you’re boarding and only have 90 pupils. But it’s an indicator of how some institutions have really adopted playful learning in a big way.

For a discussion on LARPing here’s an episode we did https:\/\/www.pedagodzilla.com\/how-does-metacognition-enable-people-to-be-the-heroes-in-dystopian-larp\/<\/a> Soon to be a book chapter, I hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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