TY - JOUR
T1 - “Struck by the way our bodies conveyed so much"
T2 - A collaborative self-study of our developing understanding of embodied pedagogies
AU - Forgasz, Rachel Regina
AU - McDonough, Sharon
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - Embodied pedagogies offer methodological and pedagogical possibilities for exploring and understanding the emotional and embodied dimensions of teaching and learning to teach. In this paper we present a collaborative self-study that examines what we have learned about the nature, value and facilitation of embodied pedagogies through our experiences as both facilitators and participants. Through engaging in this self-study we have deepened our understanding of three aspects of embodied pedagogies: the nature of embodiment as a process of learning and coming to know, the challenges associated with engaging learners in embodied pedagogies, and some of the factors that contribute to skilful facilitation of embodied pedagogies. Articulating these understandings offers insight for ourselves and for other teacher educators looking to engage preservice teachers in embodied explorations and understandings of teaching and learning.
AB - Embodied pedagogies offer methodological and pedagogical possibilities for exploring and understanding the emotional and embodied dimensions of teaching and learning to teach. In this paper we present a collaborative self-study that examines what we have learned about the nature, value and facilitation of embodied pedagogies through our experiences as both facilitators and participants. Through engaging in this self-study we have deepened our understanding of three aspects of embodied pedagogies: the nature of embodiment as a process of learning and coming to know, the challenges associated with engaging learners in embodied pedagogies, and some of the factors that contribute to skilful facilitation of embodied pedagogies. Articulating these understandings offers insight for ourselves and for other teacher educators looking to engage preservice teachers in embodied explorations and understandings of teaching and learning.
KW - collaborative self study
KW - embodied learning
KW - Embodied pedagogy
KW - teacher education pedagogies
KW - vulnerability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011884632&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17425964.2017.1286576
DO - 10.1080/17425964.2017.1286576
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011884632
SN - 1742-5964
VL - 13
SP - 52
EP - 67
JO - Studying Teacher Education
JF - Studying Teacher Education
IS - 1
ER -