Seeing in the Dark: Embodied Cognition in Amateur Astronomy Practice

ISLS April 5, 2019 JLS Featured Articles

Flávio S. Azevedo & Michele J. Mann

Flavio Azevedo
Flavio Azevedo

In this study, published in the first issue of 2018, Azevedo and Mann contribute to our understanding of embodied cognition. They use an interactionist analysis to examine how the body is involved, moment by moment, as a resource for producing and communicating meaning during field activity. Their study uncovers “important, novel forms of embodied action and reasoning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics practices”.

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This paper authored by Folashadé Solomon, Dionne Champion, Mariah Steele and Tracey Wright received the Outstanding Paper Award from the Journal of the Learning Sciences. As the selection panel comments, “By employing culturally responsive pedagogy, the authors established a connection between the learning of physics and dance education, thereby promoting access and equity…The meticulous analysis provided insights into how dance, as an embodied form of knowledge, facilitated a transformation in the black girls’ relationship with physics.”

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