Title: DIG507 BOD - Learning and the Body
Instructor: Robb Lindgren
Time: Wednesdays 4-6:50
Location: Education Bldg. Room 17
Credit: 4 hours
CRN: #31988
In this graduate seminar we will explore how body movement and physical engagement with the environment is connected to how people learn. We will explore embodied cognition and related ideas from philosophy and psychology and apply them to educational contexts. The course will examine the ways that body activity has been employed in curricula and other learning interventions, and students will be exposed to new technologies that can respond to gestures and other embodied actions. Students will design their own embodied learning activities around a topic of their choosing. Learn more...
