Episode 2 of 6 | John Dewey: Experience, Democracy, and the Regulated Learner
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Kathy explores John Dewey's educational philosophy and its relevance to trauma-informed clinical training.
SHOW NOTES | EPISODE 03 John Dewey — Experiential Learning, Embodied Cognition & the Regulated Learner Roots of the Revolution: Why Pedagogical Theory Belongs in Clinical Training Spaces | Episode 2 of 6 Hosts: Kathy Couch, LCSW & Tony Parmenter, MA, LCMHC | March 2026 Episode: EP03 Title: John Dewey — Experiential Learning, Embodied Cognition & the Regulated Learner Hosts: Kathy Couch, LCSW, FT Published: March 2026 Series: Roots of the Revolution — Pedagogical Roots Companion EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of Kathy on the Couch, Kathy explores the educational philosophy of John Dewey and its direct relevance to trauma-informed clinical training. Dewey argued that learning is not the passive reception of content but the active engagement of a living being with their environment — an insight confirmed by a century of neuroscience and trauma research that came after him. Kathy walks through Dewey’s distinction between educative and miseducative experiences, his principles of continuity and reflection, and the neuroscience of embodied cognition and state-dependent learning. She connects Dewey’s framework to polyvagal theory…
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