Play - an Approach to Teaching: Samantha Miller

Samantha Miller, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Theology at Whitworth University.

How do you give permission to adult learners to drop their intellectual guard and engage openly in the complex thinking of your course? How do you assist students with pushing past those fears which keep them self-conscious and hinder their learning? Making use of gaming, imagination, simulations, the outdoors, i.e. play in many forms, strengthens adult classroom experiences.