Movement Matters

<b>Experts translate the latest findings on embodied cognition from neuroscience psychology and cognitive science to inform teaching and learning pedagogy.</b> <p/>Embodied cognition represents a radical shift in conceptualizing cognitive processes in which cognition develops through mind-body environmental interaction. If this supposition is correct then the conventional style of instruction--in which students sit at desks passively receiving information--needs rethinking. <i>Movement Matters</i> considers the educational implications of an embodied account of cognition describing the latest research applications from neuroscience psychology and cognitive science and demonstrating their relevance for teaching and learning pedagogy. The contributors cover a range of content areas explaining how the principles of embodied cognition can be applied in classroom settings. <p/>After a discussion of the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of embodied cognition contributors describe its applications in language including the areas of handwriting vocabulary language development and reading comprehension; STEM areas emphasizing finger counting and the importance of hand and body gestures in understanding physical forces; and digital learning technologies including games and augmented reality. Finally they explore embodied learning in the social-emotional realm including how emotional granularity empathy and mindfulness benefit classroom learning. <p/><i>Movement Matters</i> introduces a new model translational learning sciences research for interpreting and disseminating the latest empirical findings in the burgeoning field of embodied cognition. The book provides an up-to-date inclusive and essential resource for those involved in educational planning design and pedagogical approaches. <p/><b>Contributors</b><br>Dor Abrahamson Martha W. Alibali Petra A. Arndt Lisa Aziz-Zadeh Jo Boaler Christiana Butera Rachel S. Y. Chen Charles P. Davis Andrea Marquardt Donovan Inge-Marie Eigsti Virginia J. Flood Jennifer M. B. Fugate Arthur M. Glenberg Ligia E. Gómez Daniel D. Hutto Karin H. James Mina C. Johnson-Glenberg Michael P. Kaschak Markus Kiefer Christina Krause Sheila L. Macrine Anne Mangen Carmen Mayer Amanda L. McGraw Colleen Megowan-Romanowicz Mitchell J. Nathan Antti Pirhonen Kelsey E. Schenck Lawrence Shapiro Anna Shvarts Yue-Ting Siu Sofia Tancredi Chrystian Vieyra Rebecca Vieyra Candace Walkington Christine Wilson-Mendenhall Eiling Yee