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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Conceiving the body

Megan Watkins

pp. 13-37

Abstract

Education is not merely a cognitive process: it also has a bodily dimension. This point is captured by Gramsci who highlights the extent to which bodily discipline is necessary for academic success. The bodily nature of education is perhaps most obvious when children commence school. Much of the first few months of kindergarten are devoted to a form of corporeal induction whereby children's bodies are attuned to the temporal rhythms, spatiality and comportment of schooling.

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Watkins Megan (2012) Discipline and learn: bodies, pedagogy and writing. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 13-37

Full citation:

Watkins Megan (2012) „Conceiving the body“, In: M. Watkins (ed.), Discipline and learn, Dordrecht, Springer, 13–37.