“Evidence from archeology and evolutionary anthropology indicates that Homo sapiens are born with an imaginative and convivial brain ready for the pleasure of shared invention and with a natural sense of beauty in handmade objects and music. In short, there are innate predispositions for culture for practicing meaningful habits and artful performances that are playfully inventive and seductive for companionship in traditions, and soon capable of grasping the clever purpose of shared tasks and tools. This knowledge of inventive human nature with esthetic and moral sensibilities has important implications for educational policy in our schools.” (Trevarthen et al. 2014, p.173).
Introduction: How Movement Serves Life in Society
Animals live by activating the muscles of their bodies in adaptive ways with rhythms of expectant awareness, knowing in advance what their actions will feel like (Damasio 2000). In the 1920s, the Russian psychologist Nikolai Bernstein disproved Pavlov’s theory that...
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Delafield-Butt, J., Trevarthen, C. (2020). Infant Intentionality: Learning with Others. In: Peters, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Teacher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1179-6_74-1
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