Bodies of knowledge: embodied learning in adult education v. 134

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 otherways of knowing. By the time we reach adulthood, “being in our bodies” is a foreign concept and a source of discomfort for many of us.This volume challenges the dominant paradigm of how knowledge is constructed and shared. Embodied learning is examined through a variety of practice contexts, including higher education, community education, health care, and the workplace, andthrough multiple methods, including dance, theater, and outdoor experiential education.This is 134th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage,it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of adult and continuing education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.

• ISBN: 978-1-118-35832-0
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 112
• Fecha Publicación: 26/07/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés