1. Teacher identity workshop:
using the LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) Method
with Chrissi Nerantzi, certified LSP facilitator
c.nerantzi@mmu.ac.uk
@chrissinerantzi

2. Intended outcomes
During this workshop, participants will be able
to...
• explore and share their identity as a teacher
and who they want to become
• discuss teacher identities within a group to
grow as individuals and as a collective

3. theoretical underpinning
“learning by making”
Constructionism
(Papert)
“In flow”
(Csikszentmihalyi)
LSP
“hard fun”
(Papert)
“new understanding
through metaphors”
(Schön)

4. • The builder owns the model
• Metaphors belong to the builder
• We talk about the model

5. Less bricks is more!
It is not about the bricks but what the bricks enable!

6. Remember!
We trust our hands!
We trust the process!
We all build!
We all participate!

7. Warm-up

8. Task 1: Build a tower
Task 2: Build a model following the
instructions
Task 3: Modify your model to
capture one aspect of who you are

9. LSP Method, steps
1. Ask a question
2. Build
3. Share
4. Reflect

10. Focus on your identity as a teacher

11. Task 1: Build your identity model:
Who are you?
Task 2: Build your external identity
model: How do others see you?
Task 3: Build your aspirational
identity model. Who do you want to
become?

12. Focus on others in the team and
relationships

14. Task 1: Build a model that captures how you
see another person in this group. Use the
name given and don’t reveal who this is yet
when sharing.
Task 2: Provide feedback to the other person
who created this model.
Task 3: Add the model made by another group
member to your identity.

15. Time to reflect
• Capture your thoughts about the following:
– What did you learn about yourself?
– What did you learn about others?
– What are you going to do as a result of this
workshop?

16. Teacher identity workshop:
using the LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) Method
with Chrissi Nerantzi, certified LSP facilitator
c.nerantzi@mmu.ac.uk
@chrissinerantzi