Emotion and Movement

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Emotion and Movement

What is Bodybrain Partnership?

Environment is critical!

Need for Community!

No threats!

Info is delivered from brain to body and body to brain.

The body and brain always work together in order for a student to learn.

Where is emotion processed and how do emotions affect learning?

Emotions can cause difficulty in learning by causing anxiety. For example, hen feeling threatened (like getting bad grades), anxiety builds and there is lack of long-term learning and reflective learning.

Processed in the Limbic System

How should teachers use and deal with emotions in the classroom?

Teachers can greet students at the door and take "emotional temperatures" of individual students. This decreases anxiety in students because they can have short conversations with teachers.

When testing: Have students use deep breathing exercises = have students calm themselves

Make sure that students have access to "being there" experiences where they can get sensory data from more than just a few sources.

Teaching strategies: collaborations, simulations, music, drama = make learning more memorable and powerful

How can movement help improve learning?

Learn by doing approach

field trips

projects-based

Aerobic exercise

helps with forming new memories/kickstart the brain

Mimicry

Best for learning a new language

"mirror neurons" = type of movement neurons

Two-step process: understanding content and then using the content.

If students are always told to sit down and not do anything, their brains are not being put to good use.

What does brain research tell us about the importance of movement?

Aerobic exercise helps develop long-term memory

Being able to mimic is based on movement.

Movement helps develop "higher" brain functions.

Things that move require a brain.

Emotions: Girls vs. Boys

Boys: Less likely to to comply with adults/meet adults' goals. Stress also helps boys learn and test better.

Girls: Teacher-pleasers, do not learn well/test well when stressed.