Movement matters : : how embodied cognition informs teaching and learning / / edited by Sheila L. Macrine and Jennifer M.B. Fugate.

• Superior document: The MIT Press
• TeilnehmendeR: Macrine, Sheila L.,; Fugate, Jennifer M. B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, [2022]
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The MIT Press
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (305 pages)

"Presents the latest research on embodied cognition's applications for educational practices, and offers perspectives on how the relationships among mind, brain, body, and environments impact learning"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Philosophical and Theoretical Background -- 1. Embodied Cognition and Its Educational Significance -- 2. Embodied Concepts: Basic Mechanisms and Their Implications for Learning and Memory -- 3. Embodied, Enactive Education: Conservative versus Radical Approaches -- II. Language -- 4. The Embodiment of Letter Perception: The Importance of Handwriting in Early Childhood -- 5. Embodied Classroom Activities for Vocabulary Acquisition -- 6. Educational Applications of Enacted, Embodied Approaches to Language Comprehension -- 7. Reading, Writing, Technology, and Embodiment -- III. Stem -- 8. Seeing Is Achieving: The Importance of Fingers, Touch, and Visual Thinking to Mathematics Learners -- 9. Groups That Move Together, Prove Together: Collaborative Gestures and Gesture Attitudes among Teachers Performing Embodied Geometry -- 10. Manipulatives and Mathematics Learning: The Roles of Perceptual and Interactive Features -- 11. Physics and Gesture: Spatial Thinking and Mutual Manifestness -- IV. Applied Technology -- 12. Responsive Teaching for Embodied Learning with Technology -- 13. The Need for SpEED: Reimagining Accessibility through Special Education Embodied Design -- 14. Immersive Learning Experiences in Augmented Reality (AR): Visualizing and Interacting with Magnetic Fields -- 15. Evaluating Embodied Immersive STEM VR Using the Quality of Education in Virtual Reality Rubric (QUIVRR) -- V. Social Cognition, Emotion, Mindfulness -- 16. Mirror Neurons and Social Implications for the Classroom -- 17. Beyond the Social Domain: Autism Spectrum Traits and the Embodiment of Manipulable Object Concepts -- 18. Embodied Emotion, Emotional Granularity, and Mindfulness: Improved Learning in the Classroom -- Conclusion -- Resources.

Contributors -- Index.