Posted: March 14th, 2017

Examine one (1) adult learning theory or topic explored within the first five (5) weeks of the course. • Recount one (1) instance in which one (1) real-life experience enabled you to make meaning of the concepts inherent in your chosen theory / topic.

Week 5 E-Activity • • Watch the video titled “Embodied learning” (2 min 16 s). Be prepared to discuss. Video source: Science choreography. (2011, April 8). Embodied learning: a way of thinking and understanding [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDDMx0eb6s8.

Week 5 Discussion

“Newer Approaches to Adult Learning” Please respond to the following: • From the first e-Activity, explain the fundamental role of embodied learning in modality preference. Next, suggest two (2) biologically rooted approaches that instructors may use in order to facilitate learning of one (1) particular task. Illustrate the process by which embodied learning would foster a deeper learning of the task in question. Click the link above to submit your journal entry.

From the second e-Activity, prepare a one (1) page journal entry in which you do the following:

• Examine one (1) adult learning theory or topic explored within the first five (5) weeks of the course. • Recount one (1) instance in which one (1) real-life experience enabled you to make meaning of the concepts inherent in your chosen theory / topic. • Suggest one (1) instructional strategy that would be best suited to fostering students’ understanding of your chosen theory / topic. Support your response with relevant examples of relevant, successful use of the suggested strategy.