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This book draws attention to the ways in which an awareness of, and sensitivity to, embodiment can enlighten educational practices. It explores discourses from a range of thinkers, including Merleau-Ponty, Gadamer, Bakhtin, Haraway and Ahmed to name a few. The book argues that attention to embodiment can help us to reimagine the goals of education in ways that fit more coherently with human concerns and that offer the chance to provide education that is more holistic and grounded in our corporeality. Theories of embodiment can be used to modify education at the level of curriculum and at the level of pedagogy. This can help us design educational interventions that fit more naturally with how humans are inclined to learn and thus make educational experiences more meaningful. Attention to embodiment allows us to appreciate the extent to which the body appropriates a professional practice and the extent to which a professional practice appropriates the body of the learner. It shows how greater sensitivity to the body can enliven and enlighten our educational practices, especially in professional education.

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Stephen Loftus joined the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in November 2013 as Associate Professor of Medical Education. He is responsible for faculty development in medical education. He works to ensure that students and faculty maximize the benefit of the educational experiences provided in the medical school through coming to a deeper understanding of what is involved in medical education and practice. Elizabeth Anne Kinsella is a Professor in the Institute of Health Sciences Education, in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is also an associate member and Professor of the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy. Her scholarship focuses on health professions practice and education, philosophy of professional knowledge, epistemologies of practice and embodiment, reflective practice, phronesis, ethics, and mindfulness.

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