Bodies of knowledge : embodied learning in adult education

Lawrence, Randee Lipson. (Added Author).

Summary: Embodied or somatic learning is a way of learning that relies on the body's knowledge. The articles in this collection look at the body as a source of learning in a variety of contexts including higher education, community education, health care, and the workplace, and through multiple methods, including dance, theater, and outdoor experiential education.

Record details

ISBN: 9781118358320
Physical Description: 83 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass , 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Intuitive knowing and embodied consciousness / Randee Lipson Lawrence -- 2. Embodied learning and patient education: from nurwses' self-awareness to patient self-caring / Ann L. Swartz -- 3. Embodied learning at work: making the mind-set shift from workplace to playspace -- 4. Embodying women's stories for comunity awareness and social action / Yolanda Nieves -- 5. Outdoor experiential educaqtion: learning through the body / Eric Howden -- 6. Dance as a way of knowing / Celeste Snowber -- 7. Embodied knowledge and decolonization: walking with theater's powerful and risky pedagogy / Shauna Butterwick, Jan Selman -- Coming full circle: reclaiming the body / Randee Lipson Lawreance.