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

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1118358325 ISBN 13 : 9781118358320

Editeur : Jossey-Bass, 2012

Synopsis

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 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, and through multiple methods, including dance, theater, and outdoor experiential education.

This is 134^th 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Randee Lipson Lawrence is the author of Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Learning in Adult Education: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 134, published by Wiley.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jossey-Bass
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1118358325
• ISBN 13: 9781118358320
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Éditeur: Lawrence Randee Lipson
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible