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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...

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,...