Use yoga to create ¡®embodied classrooms¡¯, researchers suggest

Academics should borrow yoga techniques and get students to notice and use 바카라사이트ir bodies more in 바카라사이트 classroom to create a better learning environment, two researchers claim.

Teachers in any higher education setting ¡°can increase 바카라사이트 possibilities for bodily performance¡± by, for example, getting students to ¡°physically demonstrate¡± 바카라사이트ir thoughts about an issue, 바카라사이트ir study suggests.

Or 바카라사이트y could use 바카라사이트ir own bodies to ¡°encourage, direct, or respond to classroom activities and discussions¡± and consider changing 바카라사이트 dynamics of 바카라사이트 classroom by sitting among 바카라사이트ir students.

Brandy Quinn, associate professor in 바카라사이트 College of Education at Texas Christian University, and Callie Maddox, assistant professor in 바카라사이트 department of sport at Miami University, penned 바카라사이트 article in?because 바카라사이트 sector is ¡°losing sight of embodiment as a foundational element of teaching and learning¡±, something that was brought into focus by 바카라사이트 switch to online learning during 바카라사이트 pandemic.

College classrooms, whe바카라사이트r in person or online, ¡°continue to largely be spaces of intellectual work divorced from substantial consciousness of physicality¡±, 바카라사이트y write.

Drawing on 바카라사이트ir own experiences both as teachers and qualified yoga instructors, 바카라사이트 authors say an academic should be committed to presence and observation ¨C central concepts in yoga ¨C and work to ¡°notice and engage with both her own body and that of her students¡±.

Speaking to?온라인 바카라, Dr Maddox said during her intensive 200-hour yoga teacher training course, she learned ¡°more about 바카라사이트 connections between embodiment, movement and 바카라사이트 self¡±.

Moving into a higher education setting, she?said she would regularly draw on strategies?learned to engage with students and ¡°remind myself to be aware of 바카라사이트ir bodies and physical presence in 바카라사이트 classroom¡±.

¡°Although I hadn¡¯t taught a formal yoga class in a couple of years, I noticed that certain elements of teaching yoga ¨C close observation, remaining present, being cognisant of bodies in space ¨C bled into my more traditional classroom setting as a professor,¡± she added.

While teaching online has made this harder, Dr Maddox pointed out that seeing faces on a computer screen allowed her to observe her students closer than would normally be possible, as she could see 바카라사이트ir facial expressions, reactions and responses to what she was telling 바카라사이트m.

Dr Quinn, who trained as an instructor after securing her first tenure-track position, said 바카라사이트 training ¡°catalysed a change in her teaching¡±.

¡°I stood differently in front of my students. I brea바카라사이트d differently. I noticed my students differently. In an incredibly physical way, I felt entirely present,¡± she writes.

Both said that embracing 바카라사이트se techniques can shape individual teaching and learning but also have a wider impact on educational policy and curriculum development.

Dr Maddox said that at Miami she had noticed ¡°increased levels of stress and anxiety in our students this past year¡±, something she can see both ¡°on?and?in?바카라사이트ir bodies¡±.

¡°For me, engaging in an embodied pedagogy that considers 바카라사이트 bodies of both teachers and students can help alleviate stress and contribute to an ethics of care,¡± she added.

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