Episode 5 of 6 | bell hooks: Engaged Pedagogy as Trauma-Informed Practice

  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 transformation - Eros in the classical sense: life-force energy and what its suppression produces in training rooms - PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) as a relational orientation supporting pedagogical growth - Relational political accountability: whose body is welcome in this room? - Connections to the Developmental Consultation Framework and the Grief Map RESOURCES MENTIONED ------------------- - hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to transgress. Routledge. - hooks, b. (2003). Teaching community. Routledge. - Schore, A. N. (2012). The science of the art of psychotherapy. Norton. - Porges, S. W. (2011). The polyvagal theory. Norton. - Cozolino, L. (2013). The social neuroscience of education. Norton. - Damasio, A. (1994). Descartes' error. Putnam. - van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score. Viking. - Hughes, D. (2006). Building the bonds of attachment (2nd ed.). Jason Aronson. - Full APA references: Rooted Practice Blog at rewired360.com PRIMARY CTA ----------- Join the Kathy on the Couch Community — rewired360.com/koc-membership ALIGNED EVENT ------------- The Grief Map: Integrating ADEC & EMDR — Session 1: May 21, 2026 | Session 2: July 16, 2026 rewired360.ce-go.com/live-event/the-grief-map-integrating-the-adec-framework-and-emdrs-8-phase-protocol-in-clinical-grief-therapy-18-03-2026-964 CROSS-LINKS ----------- - Episode 4: The Polyvagal Theory Debate — What Clinicians Need to Know - Capstone (Episode 6): Accessible Teaching Is Ethical Teaching: Power, Ableism, and Learning in Professional Communities AUDIENCE SEGMENT : Trauma & Grief Clinicians | Clinical Educators | EMDR Clinicians LEARNING CATEGORY: Pedagogy | Trauma-Informed Practice | Professional Development PRODUCT : Rewired360 Podcast Library POST TYPE : Podcast Episode TAGS : podcast|bell hooks|engaged pedagogy|trauma-informed teaching|relational neuroscience|nervous system|intersubjectivity|eros|Rewired360 ============================================================ END OF SHOW NOTES