ReviewFrontiers in psychology2019
Embodied Learning: Why at School the Mind Needs the Body.
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- The roles of motion, gesture, and embodied action in the processing of mathematical concepts.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Exploring user experience of digital pen and tablet technology for learning chemistry: applying an activity theory lens.Heliyon · 2021Article
- Analytic and Holistic Thinkers: Differences in the Dynamics of Heart Rate Complexity When Solving a Cognitive Task in Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Conditions.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Motor-Enriched Encoding Can Improve Children's Early Letter Recognition.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Despite all methodological efforts made in the last three decades, Western instruction grounds on traditional principles. Most educational programs follow theories that are mentalistic, i.e., they separate the mind from the body. At school, learners sit, watch, listen, and write. The aim of this paper is to present embodied learning as an alternative to mentalistic education. Similarly, this paper wants to describe embodied learning from a neuroscientific perspective. After a brief historical overview, I will review studies highlighting the behavioral effectiveness of embodied instruction in second language learning, mathematics and spatial thinking. On this base, I will discuss some of the brain mechanisms driving embodied learning and describe its advantages, clearly pleading in favor of instructional practice that reunites body and mind.
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