Physical Movement & Student Centered Learning
As we read above, there are many benefits to incorporating movement in the classroom, but how can educators use physical movement in student-centered learning and how does it support student-centered learning?
How Does Physical Movement Support Student-Centered Learning?
1. Experiences & Interactions - A big aspect of student-centered learning is allowing students new experiences and the opportunity to interact with each other. How does movement play a role? Without physical movement beyond the traditional classroom, students' interactions and experiences with each other and the world are limited. 
In this TedX video, Shelley Wright shares her experience with student-centered learning. One day, she decided to ditch her lesson plans, and instead, asked her students what was important to them. Over the course of the new few months, her students worked on raising money to help build schools in Uganda. Wright helped to guide students, but she attributes all the success to the initiative from her students. They formed teams within their class, like fundraising, PR and research, and was able to raise over $20,000. Through this project, students were given real-life experiences, like talking to a radio DJ to help with their fundraising project, and were out in the community, like hosting BBQ's and placing fundraising jars at local stores. Physical movement was a key element to this student-centered classroom because it wouldn't have been possible without stepping away from their desks and allowing the students to do what they had to, in order to accomplish their goals.
2. Kinesthetic Learning - In student-centered learning, students take an active role in their education. One aspect of this is learning how they like to learn, and how they learn best. Kinesthetic learners "demonstrate an aptitude for movement-based activities...tend to enjoy outdoor activities, [and] demonstrate a desire to figure out problems without instructions" (Chen, 2019). So, in student-centered learning, students can have the choice on how they learn, which can include physical movement. 
In the FitLit video above, we see an example of how a school incorporates Physical Education and English subjects. For example, students were on treadmills reading their books and students were also given the choice to walk around the field in partners to discuss literature. In both examples, physical movement was used to aid in learning. Both activities were student-centered learning because it wasn't the teacher leading discussions, or pacing their reading. It was all up to the students. (Edutopia, 2015) 
3.  Flexible Seating - In student centered learning, the traditional desk and chair set-up becomes an option, and not a mandatory environment. Flexible seating is commonly used in this learning approach. Flexible seating allows "students to sit wherever they want around the room in various types of seats from exercise balls to milk crates, to bean bag chairs " (Falcon, 2018). Flexible seating is a student-centered approach because it allows students a choice. With this seating arrangement, students are able to move and fidget, giving them added movement throughout the day.  (Tedx Talks, 2013)

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