{"id":5714,"date":"2018-03-20T18:11:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T01:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2018\/?p=5714"},"modified":"2018-03-20T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T01:11:07","slug":"embodied-learning-and-gesturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2018\/2018\/03\/20\/embodied-learning-and-gesturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Embodied Learning and Gesturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I search the term <em>embodied learning <\/em>on Google, it is defined as \u201c<strong>Embodied learning<\/strong>\u00a0is an educational method that has been around for a while in (primary) education. In this method, one does not only offer an intellectual way of teaching, but also involve the whole body. One can think of e.g. doing math while throwing small bags of sand to each other\u201d.\u00a0 I am taking from this the importance of engaging the body as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Winn (2003) discusses the interaction between a person and their environment.\u00a0 It is specified that this interaction is not just the brain processing the environment; however, it is the entire body that uses the senses to interact with the surroundings.\u00a0 As Kim, Roth and Thom (2010) state \u201cwhen asked to talk about knowledge, many individuals point to their heads as if to suggest that this is where knowledge resides\u201d (p. 207).\u00a0 Their study found that children\u2019s bodied constitute an integral part of knowing thinking, and learning.\u00a0 As well, they found that students engaged in co-gesturing which allowed for a collective understanding.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I think of my students, I completely agree that their learning is enhanced through their physical movements.\u00a0 For example, we were completing a unit on 3-D geometric shapes.\u00a0 I recall holding up a triangular prims and asked students what 2-D shapes made up this 3-D shape (rectangles and triangles).\u00a0 I watched as some of my students began using their hands to create the shape before answering.\u00a0 The motion\/gesture of creating the shape allowed them to recall from their memory the name.\u00a0 It would be my guess that their previous teachers had them creating the shapes with their hands or other objects while learning the shapes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Referring back to the above definition, it refers to embodied learning as a form of hands-on learning primarily done in primary grades.\u00a0 Is embodied learning and hands-on-learning the same thing?\u00a0 Does the definition provided by google truly encompass all that is embodied learning?\u00a0 In your experience, where have you asked students or seen students use gestures as a way of expressing their knowledge?\u00a0 Did you present the gesture to the student as a way of processing information?\u00a0 Or did they create it themselves\/collaboratively with others?<\/p>\n<p>Shayla<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kim, M., Roth, W. M., &amp; Thom, J. (2011) Children\u2019s gestures and the embodied knowledge of geometry. <em>International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, <\/em>9(1), 207-238.<\/p>\n<p>Winn, W. (2003). Learning in artificial environments: Embodiment, embeddedness, and dynamic adaptation. <em>Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning<\/em>, 1(1), 87-114.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I search the term embodied learning on Google, it is defined as \u201cEmbodied learning\u00a0is an educational method that has been around for a while in (primary) education. In this method, one does not only offer an intellectual way of teaching, but also involve the whole body. 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