The Wisdom of the Body

Combing cutting edge science and educational philosophy, The Wisdom of the Body offers practical, effective advice for anyone interested in how humans learn and think. With compelling arguments in favor of an embodied approach to school, Shonstrom illuminates the power of learning through physical, sensory experiences, and challenges traditional approaches in education by offering dynamic, ground-breaking examples of how an embodied pedagogy could revolutionize learning.

Erik Shonstrom is the author of Wild Curiosity and The Indoor Epidemic, and has written for The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and Education Week. Erik received his MFA in writing from Bennington College, and teaches at Champlain College in Vermont, where he lives with his family.

Table of Contents
Author's Note
Introduction
Chapter 1: Bodies of Knowledge
Chapter 2: A Brief History of a Good Idea at the Time
Chapter 3: Evolutionary Baggage Claim
Chapter 4: Got Dopamine?
Chapter 5: The DeMoN in our Heads
Chapter 6: Gandalf of Brooklyn
Chapter 7: Bodies of Literature
Chapter 8: Prose in Repose
Chapter 9: Deconstructive Criticism
Chapter 10: Monkey See, Monkey Do
Chapter 11: Gut Feelings
Chapter 12: Virtual Race
Chapter 13: Anything Boys Can Do
Chapter 14: Golden Oldies
Chapter 15: Dionysian Embodiment
Chapter 16: The Jumper
Acknowledgements
Appendix: A Practical Guide to Embodied Education
Bibliography
About the Author