Teaching through embodied learning: dramatizing key concepts from informational texts

'Teaching Through Embodied Learning' positions drama as an under-utilised but valuable tool for enhancing the learning of information in primary science texts.

Creating a 'tableau' is an established drama practice for exploring key moments in fiction texts and historical events but less frequently applied with non-fiction texts.

Based on doctoral research that studied the impact of having students create a tableau in response to reading informational texts about the solar system, it presents the idea that using drama with informational texts causes students to read purposefully and respond aesthetically; thus, positively impacting reading behaviour, comprehension and social behaviour.

The book addresses the neglect of the body in learning and positions this against a narrow curriculum that is focused on print and 'seated learning'.