Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2026 - EDUC 843 G031

Embodiment and Curriculum Inquiry (5)

Class Number: 4307

Delivery Method: Online

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 9 – Dec 7, 2026: TBA, TBA
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

The scholarship on embodiment and its implications for the body as a site for knowledge and its relationship to contemporary curriculum inquiry will be studied with specific emphasis on the area of performative and narrative inquiry and arts education. Central to this course will be the investigation of embodiment from both a philosophical perspective and a literary/poetic perspective. Equivalent Courses: EDUC712

COURSE DETAILS:

Online classes will be participatory, experiential and dialogic in nature and will consist of embodied explorations, instructor-facilitated learning, group discussions, provocations, writing, and practices of physicality such as movement, walking, and somatic practices.

 

Meeting Dates:
Sat, Sept 12th 
Sat, Sept 26th 
Sat, Oct 10th 
Sat, Oct 24th 
Sat, Nov 7th 
Sat, Nov 28th 
Sun, Nov 29th 
Asynchronous learning through various embodied explorations, somatic writing and creative making practices will also be included as part of the course hours. 

Meeting Times:
9:00 am-3:00 pm

Additional Details:
Further details will be provided in syllabus and on Canvas.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

This course will explore the scholarship on embodiment and its implications for the body as a site for knowledge, knowing, writing, art education, and embodied ways of inquiry. Emphasis will be on poetic, aesthetic, and visceral perspectives rooted in movement, dance, walking and physicality in a variety of forms, including our limitations. Attention will be given to the interplay between embodied knowing, somatic sense-making, and relevance to us as researchers, educators, artists, and human beings. Somatic/movement practices, contemplative reflections, aesthetic explorations, and writing from the body will be intertwined with embodiment scholarship to invite somatic connections to being, knowing, learning, and teaching.

Grading

  • Body Narratives 20%
  • Presentations on Chapters 20%
  • Participation 10%
  • Bodygraphy - Final Project 50%

NOTES:

Engagement in writing from the body practices will be explored during class and outside class time.

Somatic and movement practices will also be explored inside and outside class time.

A syllabus with detailed reading schedule, course information and assignments will be available in fall.

Attendance and active participation in class is expected.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

It is recommended that each student maintain a journal, which will become a gathering place and personal archive to record ideas, sketches, musings, quotations, photos, responses to readings, reflections, questions and observations; a creative, contemplative and multi-modal expression of somatic learnings and embodied inquiries.

REQUIRED READING:

Snowber, C. (2016). Embodied inquiry. Sense Publishing.

*E-Book can be found online through the SFU Library 


ISBN: 9789463007535

Walsh, B. Bickel, & C. Leggo (Eds.). (2015). Arts-based and contemplative practices in research and teaching: Honoring presence.: Routledge. 

*E-Book can be found online through the SFU Library


ISBN: 9781138286740

*Other selected required readings will be provided in syllabus and on Canvas


RECOMMENDED READING:

All instructional materials (to be read and to be viewed) for this course will be online and will be made available to students.


Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

At SFU, you are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all your academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty harms your own learning, undermines the efforts of your classmates who pursue their studies honestly, and goes against the core values of the university.

To learn more about the academic disciplinary process and relevant academic supports, visit: 


RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.