
How does movement help people learn?
In their book, “Brain-based Learning – Teaching the Way Students Really Learn”, Eric Jensen and Liesl McConchie describe research which shows a link between physical movement and learning.
Their take-home message is that physical movement leads to changes in the mind and brain which optimise conditions for learning.
Here’s a flavour of the evidence they report, showing a...

Four books you should read about movement and learning
We have an old-fashioned relationship with movement and learning.
We rarely allow them to happen at the same time. In schools and universities around the world we fill lecture theatres and classrooms with tables and chairs and expect learners to sit still while they learn.
But what if we introduced movement into the learning experience of subjects such as physics,...

Five books you should read about human movement
People have understood the importance of human movement for centuries – it’s great for our mind, our body and our social relationships.
Yet we live in a sedentary world, which wastes human lives and human potential more.
Here are five fabulous books, from older to newer, full of wonderful reasons to move.
Please make suggestions for additions to this list in the comments...

A Movement Manifesto by Caroline Williams
In her 2021 book MOVE! The New Science of Body Over Mind – Caroline Williams puts forward a Movement Manifesto.
Caroline’s Movement Manifesto recognises that while there is ample scientific evidence and general knowledge about the benefits of movement, the practice of movement is seriously lacking in our society – and this is having a significant detrimental effect on...

BBC Radio Scotland – Drivetime with John Beattie
Peter and John Beattie discussed how humans are born to dance, in response to a new report which found that Dancing Queen by ABBA was the best song to dance around the kitchen to.
First aired 7th April 2021 on BBC Radio Scotland.
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, diggin’ the dancing queenFriday night and...