Teaching Through the Body: An Introduction to Embodied Learning

Name: Teaching Through the Body: An Introduction to Embodied Learning
Start: 2026-03-25T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-25T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Engineering : 102

Explore how the body shapes attention, memory, & engagement

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 · 12 - 1:30 PM

In-Person · Engineering : 102

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Embodied learning can help neurodivergent students by enhancing memory, emotional regulation, and engagement.

This is a repost from the Faculty Development Center myUMBC group.

This interactive workshop introduces the core principles of embodied learning—an approach that recognizes movement, sensation, and physical experience as powerful contributors to how people think and learn. It will be facilitated by Dr. James DeVita, assistant vice president for academic partnerships and high-impact experiences.

Participants will explore how the body shapes attention, memory, and engagement, then take part in an accessible movement activity designed to model embodied strategies that can be enacted in multiple contexts.

The session will also invite participants to consider how similar practices might enrich learning in their own teaching practices.

Please note that registration is required and this session is in person only. This session is open to faculty and staff only.

Lunch will be provided to everyone who registers and also confirms their attendance prior to spring break. Please email fdc@umbc.edu to note any dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, food allergies, etc.) by March 11. The deadline to register for this event is the earlier of March 11 or when the event reaches capacity. Please email fdc@umbc.edu to be added to a wait list if the event is full. If you have registered and find that you can no longer attend, please kindly release your spot so that others may attend.

√ Counts toward the ALIT Certificate

§ Counts toward the INNOVATE Certificate

Part of the FDC Advanced Topics Series
Launched in September 2021!
Sessions in this series are designed to delve deeper into special topics that synthesize multiple research-based ideas for cultivating student learning. During these sessions, faculty and staff colleagues will support your efforts to energize your classroom with classic and cutting-edge pedagogical approaches that will help you to ...

Identify how to integrate complex learning science applications into your course design and delivery,
Challenge your higher order thinking skills to investigate and assess new ways to foster student success, and
Connect and collaborate with colleagues seeking to create exemplary learning exercises and environments across courses and learning opportunities.

All faculty and staff are welcome to attend, especially those who ...

aspire to complicate and build on core pedagogical knowledge shared in other FDC programs, or
wish to cultivate and apply learning research to innovative, engaging, and effective classroom practices.