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Education

The Power of Learning through Play

The purpose of this Learning Review was to understand what happens when Learning through Play (LtP) is used in communities and how GFC partners in the Partnership to Educate All Kids (PEAK) initiative had contributed to the changes. 18 partner organisations from three regions (South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America) engaged in a Learning Review lead by consultants from Learning Loop. The learning review employed Outcome Harvesting (OH) as the main methodological approach. In OH, outcome statements are gathered which form the basis of analysis; these comprise of three parts:

  • The outcome description, which describes a change in behaviour of a social actor that the program – through using LtP – has contributed to.
  • The contribution of the organisation/program to the change, with a specific focus on the role of LtP.
  • A description of why this change is interesting (Significance) to the organisation in relation to the context of the change
  • Collectively, we gathered 123 outcome statements giving an overview of the types of changes that LtP is contributing to. Of these, 20 outcome statements were explored in further depth and developed into short case-studies. The learning review employed a framework of three broad

 

 

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