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The Palgrave Handbook of Embodiment and Learning

The Palgrave Handbook of Embodiment and Learning

Authors :
Anja Kraus
Christoph Wulf
Anja Kraus
Christoph Wulf
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

This handbook provides an important overview of corporeality, embodiment and learning in education from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Situating the body at the centre of educational practice, the editors and contributors introduce the concept of ‘tact'as a practical corporeal language. The chapters provide a spectrum of historical, conceptual, empirical and practical educational approaches for embodied pedagogical engagement. Tact and embodied knowledge form a significant component of a teacher's capability and professionalism: interacting with students, a pedagogue responds to them tactfully, emotionally, sensitively, and reflectively searching for the right thing to do, the right words to say, improvising in aural, linguistic, spatial, and visual way that are as restrained as they are enabled by the body. This handbook questions the familiar and established essentialist and naturalist view of the body to allow new perspectives on how corporeality affects learners.It will be of interest to scholars in education and philosophy as well as those researching in across social sciences.

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9783030930004 and 9783030930011
Database :
eBook Index
Journal :
The Palgrave Handbook of Embodiment and Learning
Publication Type :
eBook
Accession number :
3486724