{"id":510,"date":"2021-10-06T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:08:18","slug":"leuven-involvement-scale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/leuven-involvement-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Leuven Involvement Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leuven Involvement Scale<\/span><\/h1>\n

What is this?<\/h3>\n

Ferre Laevers is the Director of the Research Centre for Experiential\u00a0Education, Leuven University, Belgium, and the Leuven Scale creator.\u00a0 <\/strong>These are two scales that practitioners can use to measure the levels of wellbeing and involvement in children during play. \"\"<\/p>\n

“<\/i>According to <\/i>Laevers<\/i>, high levels of both wellbeing and involvement allow children to experience deep learning”.<\/i><\/cite><\/u><\/p>\n

(famly<\/a>, 2021)<\/p>\n

If children are not happy and their wellbeing is low, they will not deeply engage and learn from experiences within the setting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For high levels of engagement, children must be interested in the experience, and it must be at the right developmental level for them.\u00a0 If it is too easy, they will get bored and walk away; if it is too difficult, they will get frustrated and walk away.<\/p>\n

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“So many times people say ‘He’s really involved’ and actually he’s not, he’s just ‘doing it,” Sue explains.\u00a0 “Children are very biddable, and so if you give them a task to do, then they’ll do it for you, and they’ll smile.\u00a0 But that doesn’t mean they’re involved in it.”<\/i>\u00a0<\/cite><\/p>\n

(Allingham, 2021)\u00a0<\/p>\n

“<\/i>A<\/i> balance of responsive planning and intentional planning is essential in providing suitable experiences that connect with and extend children’s interests and motivations”.<\/i><\/cite><\/p>\n

(Realising the Ambition<\/a>, Education Scotland, 2020, p. 63)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ferre Laevers interview by Early Years Scotland:<\/p>\n

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