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Knowledge in Motion: Learn Through Play and Activity

Did you know exercise affects not only your muscles but also your brain? Movement enhances creativity and problem-solving. Nietzsche believed regular walking sparked imagination. This course helps you discover your unique movement needs and explore ways to incorporate movement and games into teaching, fostering creativity and success in the learning process.

23.06.2025
Next upcoming session:
25.08.2025 - 29.08.2025
Hungary , Budapest
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Description

Learning In Motion: Learn Through Play and Activity is a dynamic course exploring how movement impacts learning, creativity, and well-being. Beyond exercise, the course shows how movement stimulates the brain, enhances problem-solving, and fosters innovation, inspired by thinkers like Nietzsche, who believed walking fuels imagination. Modern research backs the idea that physical activity sharpens cognitive skills and creativity.

Through hands-on activities, participants will discover how movement improves focus, enhances creativity, and supports mental clarity. Educators, parents, and professionals will learn how to integrate movement into teaching, using techniques like walking, stretching, and interactive games to energize the learning process. The course also helps participants identify their personal movement preferences and match them with their learning style.

Practical strategies for incorporating movement into lessons, workshops, or everyday tasks will be shared, making learning

Learning objectives

Learning objectives for Learning In Motion: Learn Through Play and Activity include:

  1. Understand the impact of movement on cognitive function, creativity, and well-being.
  2. Explore the science behind how physical activity stimulates the brain and enhances problem-solving abilities.
  3. Discover the relationship between movement and creativity, inspired by thinkers like Nietzsche.
  4. Learn to integrate movement-based activities, such as walking, stretching, and games, into teaching and learning environments.
  5. Identify personal movement preferences and align them with individual learning styles.
  6. Develop practical strategies for using movement to improve focus, boost mental clarity, and enhance creativity.
  7. Cultivate stress-reducing and resilience-building techniques through activity-based learning.
  8. Create a toolkit of movement-based strategies to energize any learning environment and promote a healthy, active lifestyle.

Methodology & assessment

Interactive Exercises: Participants engage in activities like walking, stretching, and games to experience firsthand how movement stimulates cognitive processes and fosters innovation.
Discussions & Reflection: Group conversations and individual reflections help participants understand the research linking movement to brain function, creativity, and problem-solving.
Personalized Learning: Participants identify their own movement preferences and incorporate them into their learning styles.
Practical Strategies: Methods for integrating movement into teaching, workshops, and everyday tasks are demonstrated.
Assessment:
Reflection Journals: Track personal experiences with movement and its effects on creativity and learning.
Practical Assignments: Design a lesson plan incorporating movement and evaluate its impact.
Group Projects: Collaborate to create and present movement-based learning activities, applying course concepts in real contexts.

Materials, digital tools & other learning resources

If the course description specifies the use of a laptop and/or mobile phone, please ensure you bring your own device.

Certification details

The Learning Agreement sample includes all course details (skills, objectives, outcomes, timetable). Upon completion, participants receive a certificate of attendance, and their Learning Agreement Complement or Europass Mobility Certificate will be signed. The course meets European Commission Quality Standards, e.g., "a day of physical course activities includes at least five hours of learning activities" and "the course setup provides opportunities to meet peers from other countries."

Pricing, packages and other information

  • Price:
    430
    Euro
  • Course package content:

    As outlined in the course description on the course website.

  • Additional information:
    Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
  • Cancellation & changes:

    https://www.babylon.academy/terms/ 

    The hosting institution of this course is the Talijanska srednja skola Dante Alighieri, Pula - Scuola Media Superiore Italiana Dante Alighieri, Pola OID E10101077

  • Additional information:
    The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).

Дополнителни информации

  • Јазик:
    English
  • Target audience ISCED:
    Primary education (ISCED 1)
    Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)
    Other
  • Target audience type:
    Teacher
    Parent / Guardian
  • Learning time:
    25 hours or more

Upcoming sessions

  • Starting on 25.08.2025 - Ending on 29.08.2025
    Confirmed
    во

    Budapest

    , Hungary

Provider

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