In the Exchange CD book, Engaging Adult Learners Using Multiple Intelligences: The Toolkit of Adult Education Instructional Strategies, Constant Hine offers this guidance:
"People with strong body/kinesthetic intelligence process information and express themselves through their bodies, muscles, movements, or senses. Their bodies are avenues to learning and understanding any content or subject. These people are sensitive and attentive to environmental comfort such as temperature, lighting, and body comfort; these elements greatly impact their ability to focus and learn.
"If this is one of your strong intelligences, then you teach from your strong intelligence using body/kinesthetic strategies. For example, you are mindful when setting up the learning environment to consider body comfort, making sure there is adequate space for each person at tables, and frequently provide ‘body breaks’ by having people stretch, get up, and do standing group activities, such as discussions and recording on flip charts on the wall, rather than staying seated. You provide ‘toys’ and manipulatives for participants to use independently during your sessions, with the purpose of providing something for them to do with their hands, helping them focus and stay engaged."
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I have only read this tidbit, but I was disappointed. The suggestions were good, but mostly were about relief from sitting rather than actual learning. When adults learn with their bodies best, I think we adults who are not kinesthetic learners should figure out new ways to teach beyond talking and assigning reading. I was hoping for some ideas about just that. It occurs to me we could get some ideas from young children learning by using their bodies - not just their minds.
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