Thinking while walking would seem to be a natural fit for the world of academe. A few years ago, philosophy professor Douglas Anderson of the University of North Texas got to wondering why he and his students stayed put in a lecture hall while the texts they studied so often extolled the merits of movement. He began teaching one of his courses, “Philosophy of Self-Cultivation,” while on the move: professor and students walk about the campus as they discuss the week’s assigned reading. Anderson says he has noticed a difference in his students as soon as they leave the room where the class
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