The Wisdom of the Body:What Embodied Cognition Can Teach us about Leaing, Human Development, and Ourselves

by: Erik Shonstrom (Author)

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Publication Date: 2020/2/19

Language: English

Print Length: 200 pages

ISBN-10: 1475840659

ISBN-13: 9781475840650

Book Description

Combing cutting edge science and educational philosophy, The Wisdom of the Body offers practical, effective advice for anyone interested in how humans lea and think. With compelling arguments in favor of an embodied approach to school, Shonstrom illuminates the power of leaing through physical, sensory experiences, and challenges traditional approaches in education by offering dynamic, ground-breaking examples of how an embodied pedagogy could revolutionize leaing.

About the Author

Combing cutting edge science and educational philosophy, The Wisdom of the Body offers practical, effective advice for anyone interested in how humans lea and think. With compelling arguments in favor of an embodied approach to school, Shonstrom illuminates the power of leaing through physical, sensory experiences, and challenges traditional approaches in education by offering dynamic, ground-breaking examples of how an embodied pedagogy could revolutionize leaing.