Working in Movement

There's a lot of talk about learning in movement education. Learning how to learn is almost a mantra in serious Feldenkrais work. The learning takes place in the context of movement-based lessons designed to sharpen the body schema of students. But the term learning to learn implies a much broader context. Can the awareness/movement based learning transfer to other contexts and environments? What challenges the transfer?

Educator Julie Cheville takes a stab at it in her book Minding the Body:What Student Athletes Know About Learning. Cheville based the book on observing a college basketball team in action over a two year period. The book delves into the startling differences in the athlete's on-court and in-classroom experiences. A sample chapter is available here.