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Rooms that Teach: Learning via Embodied Cognition
Tuesday February 9, 2027 4:45pm - 5:30pm EST
Explore how embodied cognition research and John Dewey's philosophy of experience converge to reshape instructional design in elementary classrooms and libraries. Examine spatial layout, tactile engagement, and movement-based routines as engines of deeper, more personal learning, not peripheral management choices. Investigate the difference between learning done to students and learning done with them, using real classroom and library spaces as working case studies. Practice translating abstract concepts into embodied, hands-on routines that build metacognitive awareness and visible thinking. Leave with a framework for auditing your own instructional space through an embodied-cognition lens, plus concrete strategies for redesigning instruction, so students physically participate in constructing meaning rather than passively receiving it. Ideal for teachers, librarians, and instructional coaches ready to rethink how bodies, spaces, and minds work together in learning.
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Megan Cramer

Teaching & Learning Specialist, The Galloway School
Megan Cramer is currently a specialist in the Center for Teaching and Learning at The Galloway School, having previously served as director of fine arts and the upper learning theater teacher. In her current role, Megan consults and advises faculty and administration on curriculum... Read More →
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Trey Veazey

Early Learning Librarian, The Galloway School
Trey Veazey is the early learning librarian for Sims Library at The Galloway School, where his daily goals include inciting joy through a variety of methods and means. Away from the stacks, you can usually find him cheering for Ole Miss, championing public libraries, writing a steady... Read More →
Tuesday February 9, 2027 4:45pm - 5:30pm EST
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