UC Berkeley

Theories of embodiment offer challenges to educational research and practice in ways that could potentially both reveal and support processes of teaching and learning in populations otherwise underserved. In particular, we focus on the 2017 conference theme Making a Difference: Prioritizing Equity and Access in CSCL by sharing with the CSCL community our varied approaches for designing learning contexts that provide diverse students movement-based experiential entry points to STEM content. In our pursuit, we recognize that core content notions may initially emerge for students through participating in problem-solving activities that complement traditional verbal and symbol sign systems with corporeal–dynamical modalities. Drawing on our workshop participants’ research goals, we will facilitate activities oriented on grasping key ideas for theory, methods, and design.