The startling connection between movement – and learning

What can nurses learn from dancers? That's not a trick question but it may sound like one.  Hard to believe the two have anything in common. But ask Coralee McLaren.

She was a professional dancer.  Then she became a pediatric nurse.  Now she's a scientist and points to the unlikely intersection of nursing and dancing.  As well as the exciting possibilities involving children and the relationship between movement and learning.

Info on Guest:

Coralee McLaren is an Assistant Professor in the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Ryerson University in Toronto. https://www.ryerson.ca/nursing/about/people/faculty/coralee-mclaren/ And watch this video to learn more about Coralee’s exciting research:

https://www.ryerson.ca/fcs-news-events/news/2021/08/dancing-and-nursing-come-together-to-understand-spaces-how-we-move-in-them-and-how-we-learn/

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