The Joy of Embodied Learning
Leslie Bayers discusses her chapter in Joy-Centered Pedagogy: The Joy of Embodied Learning on episode 580 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I certainly wasn't taught body literacy in school, and what I mean by that is how to read the internal signals that the body might be communicating. -Leslie Bayers We feel and think better when we move. -Leslie Bayers I try to get students moving or engaged with sensory textures as much as possible to spark learning. -Leslie Bayers How we feel absolutely shapes if and how we learn. And many of us feel this in our bodies. -Leslie Bayers Learning is incredibly hard work. It's one of the things that does drain the body of energy. -Leslie Bayers Resources Joy-Centered Pedagogy in Higher Education: Uplifting Teaching & Learning for All, edited by Eileen Camfield Katy Bowman Episode 505: How Role Clarity and Boundaries Can Help Us Thrive with Karen Costa Scope of Practice Template, developed by Karen Costa An Educator’s Scope of Practice: How Do I Know What’s Mine?, Karen Costa’s Chapter in Trauma-Informed Pedagogies Bend App 15 Minute Gentle Morning Yoga Catalina: A Novel, by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters, by Bonnie Tsui