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A new project called “Learning through Landscapes” urges that school grounds could be transformed, through the use of mazes, from tarmac deserts into experiences for both learning and pleasure. One of the mentors of the project, Wendy Titman, attributed the increase in the number of public mazes to...

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Published in:New Statesman & Society Vol. 7; pp. 30 - 31
Main Author: Ward, Colin
Format: Article
Published: New Statesman Ltd. April 22 1994
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:A new project called “Learning through Landscapes” urges that school grounds could be transformed, through the use of mazes, from tarmac deserts into experiences for both learning and pleasure. One of the mentors of the project, Wendy Titman, attributed the increase in the number of public mazes to computer games. According to Adrian Fisher, billed as the world's most prolific maze designer, color mazes are a more rewarding experience for children than overstructured computer programs. Color mazes demand creative and cooperative play by being deliberately deficient in formal rules.