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Studying Teacher Education
A journal of self-study of teacher education practices
Volume 13, 2017 - Issue 1
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“Struck by the Way Our Bodies Conveyed So Much:” A Collaborative Self-Study of our Developing Understanding of Embodied Pedagogies

“Impresionados por la forma en que nuestros cuerpos comunicaron tanto”: Un self-study colaborativo de nuestra comprensión en desarrollo acerca de pedagogías corporeizadas

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Pages 52-67 | Received 18 Apr 2016, Accepted 04 Jan 2017, Published online: 07 Feb 2017
 

Abstract

Embodied pedagogies offer methodological and pedagogical possibilities for exploring and understanding the emotional and embodied dimensions of teaching and learning to teach. In this paper we present a collaborative self-study that examines what we have learned about the nature, value and facilitation of embodied pedagogies through our experiences as both facilitators and participants. Through engaging in this self-study we have deepened our understanding of three aspects of embodied pedagogies: the nature of embodiment as a process of learning and coming to know, the challenges associated with engaging learners in embodied pedagogies, and some of the factors that contribute to skilful facilitation of embodied pedagogies. Articulating these understandings offers insight for ourselves and for other teacher educators looking to engage preservice teachers in embodied explorations and understandings of teaching and learning.

Las pedagogías encarnadas ofrecen posibilidades metodológicas y pedagogías para explorar y comprender las dimensiones emocionales y corporales de la enseñanza y el aprender a enseñar. En este articulo presentamos un self-study colaborativo que examina lo que hemos aprendido acerca de la naturaleza, valor y facilitación de pedagogías corporeizadas, por medio de nuestras experiencias tanto como facilitadores como participantes. Por medio de la realización de este estudio hemos profundizado nuestra comprensión de tres aspectos de las pedagogías corporeizadas: la naturaleza de la encarnación en tanto un proceso de aprendizaje y de llegar a saber, los desafíos asociados con involucrar a los estudiantes en pedagogías corporeizadas, y algunos de los factores que contribuyen a su facilitación exitosa. La articulación de estas ideas ofrece una comprensión para nosotros mismos y para otros formadores docentes interesados en involucrar a los futuros profesores en exploraciones y comprensiones corporeizadas de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje.

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