Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Learning in Adult Education: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 134

By: Ace Staff

Explore the multiple ways adults learn through their bodies. Embodied or somatic learning is a way of learning that relies on the body's knowledge. Our most basic form of learning in childhood is preverbal; however, traditional schooling forces us to check our bodies at the door, requiring us to sit at a desk and raise our hands, focusing primarily on cognition to the exclusion of other ways of knowing. By the time we reach adulthood, "being in our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118358325
• ISBN13: 9781118358320
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 83 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.8"