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frank forencich, exuberant animal
october 23, 2009
the state of physical education in america
“making a case for the body”
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the state of the animal
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hypervisual stimulation
circadian disruption
chronic low-level fear
compromised immunity
socially confused, isolated, asc
abnormal digestion and fake foods (EFLS)
insufficient locomotion:sedentary, aphysical existence, kinetiphobic
sensory deficits
endocrine disruption
nature deficit, biophobia
adrenal exhaustion
touch deprived
overworked and multi-tasked, temporal poverty
excess visceral fat
assaulted by noise
metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance
neurologically threatened
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obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, depression...
“300,000 premature deaths due to inactivity and poor diet each year...
a 9-11 every week...”
World Health Organization (latest stats):
By 2015, 700 million obese and 2.3 billion overweight.
60 % body dissatisfaction
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discover magazine, may 2009
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Major study on global burden of disease conducted by World Health Organization (1996):
“by 2020, depression will be second only to heart disease in terms of disability or disease burden.”
epidemic of depression
antidepressants are now the most widely prescribed drugs in america.
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blame it on descartes
“it is certain that i, that is to say my mind... is entirely and truly distinct from my body, and may exist without it.”
1596 – 1650
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radical skepticism: don’t trust the senses
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“i am a brain, my dear watson, and the rest of me is a mere appendage.”
Sherlock Holmes(Arthur Conan Doyle)
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testing, grading
“hard sciences”
“soft sciences”
humanities
physical education
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renaissance: a new integration
movement training
public health
cognitive-academic performance
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"The human brain and the rest of the body constitute an indissociable organism, integrated by means of mutually interactive biochemical and neural regulatory circuits...mental phenomena can be fully understood only in the context of an organism’s interacting in an environment."
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brain-derived neurotrophic factor
“miracle grow for the brain”
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end of the “dumb jock” stereotype
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New ScientistOctober 17, 2009
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strategic, intentional use of movement
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aka “somatic cognition”
intelligence is distributed throughout the body
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sedentary v. active cognition
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holistic education
"watching a child makes it obvious that the development of his mind comes about through his movements ... mind and movement are parts of the same entity."
Maria Montessori 1967
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the power of plasticity
ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense [characteristic of molding] ): from French plastique or Latin plasticus, from Greek plastikos, from plassein ‘to mold.’
myelinationltpneurogenesis
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myelin
only insulates axons
speeds transmission
notable examples:
locomotor development
PFC development
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long-term potentiation
the cellular mechanism of learning
“cells that fire together, wire together.”
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human emotion networked through observed movement
psychophysical contagion
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frans de waal
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“To learn from others, apes need to see actual fellow apes: imitation requires identification with a body of flesh and blood. We’re beginning to realize how much human and animal cognition runs via the body. Instead of our brain being like a little computer that orders the body around, the body-brain relationship is a two-way street. The body produces internal sensations and communicates with other bodies, out of which we construct social connections and an appreciation of the surrounding reality. Bodies insert themselves into everything we perceive or think.”
“The field of embodied cognition is still very much in its infancy but has profound implications for how we look at human relations. We involuntarily enter the bodies of those around us so that their movements and emotions echo within us as if they’re our own.”
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increased appreciation for...
• emotional intelligence• self-regulation• impulse control
begins with the body!
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training and growth orientation
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deep, deliberate, mindful practice
“training trumps talent.”
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“reward effort, not achievement.”
the growth mindset ultimately prevails over the belief in fixed abilities.
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focus on education
training = learning = education
it’s all one process!
all education is physical!
all teachers are pe teachers!
physical educators as leaders at the center of the curriculum
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the ultimate objective:
fall in love with movement!
make it sustainable