Do yogis have “Learning Styles”? (A somatic solution)
Background: "Learning styles" has captivated a great deal of attention in yoga teacher training. The triad of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles has been particularly popular; yet as Sharp et al. asserted, such an approach trivializes the complexity of learning and compromis...
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| description | Background: "Learning styles" has captivated a great deal of attention in yoga teacher training. The triad of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles has been particularly popular; yet as Sharp et al. asserted, such an approach trivializes the complexity of learning and compromises scholarship at all levels of the education community.
Aims: This paper addresses that although there is great merit in recognizing yoga students′ differences and preferences, many uses of learning styles in yoga teacher training are superficial and promote self-handicapping.
Conclusion: A somatic perspective (from soma, the body in its wholeness) offers a framework to reconsider the depth of effective learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-013921e1f270443d9acc30a3cf49546e2022-12-22T01:27:02ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Yoga0973-61312017-01-01101373910.4103/0973-6131.194558Do yogis have “Learning Styles”? (A somatic solution)William Ben StreanBackground: "Learning styles" has captivated a great deal of attention in yoga teacher training. The triad of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles has been particularly popular; yet as Sharp et al. asserted, such an approach trivializes the complexity of learning and compromises scholarship at all levels of the education community. Aims: This paper addresses that although there is great merit in recognizing yoga students′ differences and preferences, many uses of learning styles in yoga teacher training are superficial and promote self-handicapping. Conclusion: A somatic perspective (from soma, the body in its wholeness) offers a framework to reconsider the depth of effective learning.http://www.ijoy.org.in/article.asp?issn=0973-6131;year=2017;volume=10;issue=1;spage=37;epage=39;aulast=StreanLearning styles; somatics; teaching yoga |
| spellingShingle | William Ben Strean Do yogis have “Learning Styles”? (A somatic solution) International Journal of Yoga Learning styles; somatics; teaching yoga |
| title | Do yogis have “Learning Styles”? (A somatic solution) |
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| title_short | Do yogis have “Learning Styles”? (A somatic solution) |
| title_sort | do yogis have learning styles a somatic solution |
| topic | Learning styles; somatics; teaching yoga |
| url | http://www.ijoy.org.in/article.asp?issn=0973-6131;year=2017;volume=10;issue=1;spage=37;epage=39;aulast=Strean |
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