"Lessons written on the body are really well absorbed: and you may learn something about your soul as well" (Salinsky, 2006)
This week's classes were filled with intriguing discoveries, developments and discussions that left me reflective, refreshed and rewarded. The question that I have puzzled over this week is, how can learning become embodied or inscribed on/within/ or with the body? This question emerged from my reflection on the physical activities we engaged in during class: putting our bodies into alphabetical order to help remember the APA style format bibliographic references in one class and stretching to enable us to remember that we can always improve our performance. And outside class: me walking to class past bullet carrying guns that may have already harmed, in inappropriate shoes resulting in blisters; and seeing a woman fall in a park, after being pulled down by her dog, resulting in her broken bones. What learnings have these events sparked because of their inscriptions on bodies? How will this learning change each learner and those with whom they come into contact? How can we help our students to embody their learning in positive ways? How can we motivate students through the use of physical activities? What role does computer technology have in helping us to inscribe our learning on our bodies? Why do we continue to pursue activities that cause harm to our bodies? What are we learning? Answers anyone?
Reference
Salinsky, J. (2006). Written on the body. British Journal of General Practice, 56(527) 470- 471. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839032/
This week's classes were filled with intriguing discoveries, developments and discussions that left me reflective, refreshed and rewarded. The question that I have puzzled over this week is, how can learning become embodied or inscribed on/within/ or with the body? This question emerged from my reflection on the physical activities we engaged in during class: putting our bodies into alphabetical order to help remember the APA style format bibliographic references in one class and stretching to enable us to remember that we can always improve our performance. And outside class: me walking to class past bullet carrying guns that may have already harmed, in inappropriate shoes resulting in blisters; and seeing a woman fall in a park, after being pulled down by her dog, resulting in her broken bones. What learnings have these events sparked because of their inscriptions on bodies? How will this learning change each learner and those with whom they come into contact? How can we help our students to embody their learning in positive ways? How can we motivate students through the use of physical activities? What role does computer technology have in helping us to inscribe our learning on our bodies? Why do we continue to pursue activities that cause harm to our bodies? What are we learning? Answers anyone?
Reference
Salinsky, J. (2006). Written on the body. British Journal of General Practice, 56(527) 470- 471. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839032/
Tell me, I will forget,show me,I will remember involve me, I will understand."Chinese proverb''
ReplyDeleteWhen we are told something''a lecture ''etc.. we just listen ,when we see or watch it ,we use our eyes( sight) and that is stronger than hearing but when we are involved or use our body and all our senses we will understand and learn .It becomes an experience for us or for the students.Also if they understand they can teach others and help them to learn.
For ex. I began my project ''glog'' and gave an idea about it, then I created a group for them,'' Gamal Abdel Nasser school for girls
(Dar El Salam)'' after that I gave them the name of the group asked them to take part in it .Some of them managed to do it and they were very excited . Today one of my students told me that she had internet access and face book but she doesn't know what to do so I asked her to ask her classmates. They can teach her.