ABSTRACT
Learning is basic to the human experience. Education is basically about engineering learning experiences. Educators specifically design classrooms to restrict students’ physical and social interactions. An examination of schools and schooling shows that society does not value embodied forms of knowing. Educators seldom encourage students to engage in any sort of physical activity that brings learners directly in touch with ideas that are central to the disciplines of mathematics, language arts, the sciences, or social studies. Restricting students’ movements and social engagement does more than merely impede their connection to what they are supposed to be learning. An important element to this argument has been well reasoned by John T. Bruer, in a 1997 essay, “Education and the Brain: A Bridge Too Far.” Synaptogenesis is the notable period in child brain development when the neo-natal brain experiences enormous growth in the formation of connections (synapses) between neurons.
