Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning

by Susan Hrach

Book Overview

What happens to teaching when you consider the whole body (and not just "brains on sticks")?

Starting from new research on the body--aptly summarized as "sitting is the new smoking"--Minding Bodies aims to help instructors improve their students' knowledge and skills through physical movement, attention to the spatial environment, and sensitivity to humans as more than "brains on sticks." It shifts the focus of adult...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949199991
• ISBN13: 9781949199994
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.9"