This is the 2nd episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education.

In this episode Susan and I talk about:

• Susan’s book, Minding Bodies.
• Immersive place-based sensory learning.
• Neuroscience behind embodied integrated and experiential learning.
• Susan’s 6 Principles of embodied Cognition.
• How advanced mobility relates to the complexity of our brains and learning.
• How poverty and bandwidth recovery are important for learning and decision-making.
• The importance of spaces in communicating belonging and supporting learning.
• How re-imagining education is important for our collective capacity to address wicked global problems.

If you are a parent, teacher, student, work in government or just care about a thriving fulfilling sustainable future for our world you'll get heaps from this episode.

Guest Bio:
Susan Hrach is an educational researcher and personal coach with expertise in body/mind awareness.

Susan is currently serving as Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. Since 2012, she has been Director of the Faculty Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at Columbus State University.

Susan is committed to inclusive education through immersive, sensory experiences of linguistic and cultural diversity. She has been recognized by the University System of Georgia with a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award. As an undergraduate, Susan spent a year studying at the Universität Innsbruck, Austria, which shaped her lifelong interests in world literature, translation studies, and global education.

Further links to guest resources:
Susan's website https://www.susanhrach.com/home
Book: Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) https://www.amazon.com/Minding-Bodies-Physical-Sensation-Education/dp/1949199991/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MFB25G7IFR0W&keywords=minding+bodies&qid=1684042548&sprefix=minding+%2Caps%2C973&sr=8-1

Additional resources mentioned:
Antonio Damasio https://dornsife.usc.edu/profile/antonio-damasio/
John Ratey – Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain https://www.amazon.com.au/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514 Sarah Kuhn – Thinking with things https://www.thinkingwiththings.com/about
Guy Claxton– Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks https://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Flesh-Your-Needs-Thinks/dp/0300208820
Alexandra Horowitz – On Looking: A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation https://alexandrahorowitz.net/books
James Gibson – Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Gibson
Vybarr Cregan-Reid – Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us https://www.amazon.com/Primate-Change-world-made-remaking/dp/1788400224
Cia Verschelden – Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization. https://bandwidthrecovery.org