Prof. Hirokazu Yoshikawa presented Engage tools at UKFIET alongside the LEGO team

Our very own Hirokazu Yoshikawa presented alongside The LEGO Foundation Engage research team from South Africa, Colombia, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Denmark to a packed room.

The symposium showcased findings from a global research partnership using the Engage observation tool, now in its 6th year of development. This innovative toolkit measures how adults support children’s engagement in learning – at home and in classrooms – across four dimensions:
🔹 Exploration
🔹 Agency
🔹 Social & personal connection
🔹 Emotional climate

The results are powerful: engagement not only boosts academic skills, but also supports social and emotional learning. Insights like these are shaping how we measure adult–child interactions and design programs that better support children’s learning across the early years and primary school.

A huge congratulations to Hiro and the whole team for bringing this work to the global stage and sparking new ideas on how to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

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