Episode 5 of 6 | bell hooks: Engaged Pedagogy as Trauma-Informed Practice
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Kathy explores bell hooks' concept of engaged pedagogy through relational neuroscience and polyvagal theory.
SHOW NOTES ============================================================ Episode Code : S05E05 Title : bell hooks & Engaged Pedagogy: Teaching the Whole Person Release Date : 3.31.26 URL Slug : bell-hooks-engaged-pedagogy-teaching-whole-person ============================================================ SUMMARY ------- bell hooks said what Freire, Dewey, Vygotsky, and Montessori never did — directly, personally, and politically — from inside an experience none of them were required to name. In this episode, Kathy explores hooks' concept of engaged pedagogy through the lens of relational neuroscience and polyvagal theory. The core argument: the trainer's nervous system is always the curriculum, whether we intend it to be or not. KEY TOPICS COVERED ------------------ - Engaged pedagogy vs. progressive pedagogy: the teacher's own self-actualization as a prerequisite - The body in the room: why its exclusion from professional learning spaces is not accidental — and falls unevenly - Right-brain-to-right-brain communication: Schore's neuroscience as a biological account of what hooks described phenomenologically - Ventral vagal access as a pedagogical prerequisite for mutual…
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