UK teacher who uses Lego in lessons makes final shortlist of 10 for global prize

Shafina Vohra, a psychology teacher at the London Design and Engineering University Technical College in Newham, east London Shafina Vohra, a psychology teacher at the London Design and Engineering University Technical College in Newham, east London, could win a prize of one million US dollars after making the final 10 shortlist of the Global Teacher Prize from more than 7,000 nominations.

She started experimenting with the toy to teach an active, fidgety Year 7 science class and found that their learning was boosted by the exercise. She found that the toy is useful for keyword recall, recreating psychology studies, understanding methodology, making links between topics and for game-based learning.She then went to Denmark to become a Lego education trainer in robotics and STEM learning to show others how to use the toy as a tool for teaching.

Sunny Varkey, founder of the Global Teacher Prize, said: “Congratulations to Shafina for reaching the final 10.

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