Learning Environment on the Move: First Design Concepts to Embrace Embodied Learning in Secondary Education (79020)
Session Chair: Aneta Rogalska-Marasinska
Saturday, 13 July 2024 17:10
Session: Session 5
Room: B09 (Basement)
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Embodied learning is a recent educational approach that combines learning with the simultaneous execution of physical activity. It can enhance well-being and academic performances of toddlers and elementary school children. However, in contemporary secondary educational settings, the conventional practice still involves students receiving instruction while seated. The classroom and school architecture are designed to accommodate this traditional model. Proper embodied learning implementation in secondary education possibly needs school redesign. Yet, designing such environments poses challenges due to the disconnect between the slow evolution of the built environment and the constantly innovating educational context. A crucial goal herewith is to explore whether secondary education schools, given their current design, can embrace the implementation of embodied learning. In pursuit of this goal, the perspectives of teachers and students were considered by implementing a two-track exploratory study: 1) objectifying which architectural parameters in the environment facilitate or hamper embodied learning based on the subjects’ intuition using a novel methodological approach, and 2) developing solution-oriented design ideas to facilitate embodied learning. The results indicate that schools and classrooms are not yet optimally equipped to facilitate embodied learning. However, the solution-oriented designs resulted in design alterations on diverse scale levels to modify learning environments, making them more welcoming to embodied learning principles. This exploratory study underscores the need for a more comprehensive focus on embodied learning implementation and the required design adaptations. Embracing embodied learning as an educational approach potentially benefits students within the school learning environment. Further exploration and implementation are warranted.
Authors:
Lindsay Everaert, Hasselt University, Belgium
Ruth Stevens, Hasselt University, Belgium
Anouk Agten, Hasselt University, Belgium
Wim Tops, Hasselt University , Belgium
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Lindsay Everaert is a University Doctoral Student at Hasselt University in Belgium
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lindsay-Everaert
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