Because people learn best when they're engaged with the problem to solve and have intrinsic motivation. For example, a programming bootcamp where people have a

Because people learn best when they're engaged with the problem to solve and have intrinsic motivation. For example, a programming bootcamp where people have a goal of getting a job, or producing a certain app. Similarly, children are already playing with Minecraft and are interested in doing "cool stuff" with it. If you can tap into that existing goal and use it as a way for them to learn something else, it's less of an uphill struggle since they'll be intrinsically motivated to learn.