Thursday, June 11, 2009

"Transformation: The Miracle of Sensation" and "Transformation: Making Sense out of Sensation."

With the miracle of sensation, there are the processes of feeling, smelling, tasting, hearing, and seeing, all which are basically use with perception of our surroundings. The senses are process through channel of energy which transform to waves of light and sourness. Unlike making sense out of sensation, the perception is the process in which we store what is already taken in by us through our senses. Perceptions of our senses are perceived differently according to our cultures. There are cultures that use their senses through rite of passage, for example, in some African countries, body piercing with sticks or bamboo in the nose might alter their olfactory. Just the piercing alone, the sense of smelling and feeling are affected. So some of us olfactory attention to certain foods might be unpleasant. Also the sense of touch is another sense that is perceive differently, one might be sensitive to just the feel of a feather which can set off a sensory motor to being ticklish or not even any feelings to react at all. As a teacher I have to learn how to apply the different senses towards the students in an environment conducive to learning. For example, the perception of seeing or visual should be keenly monitored by the teacher. A student might be ask to draw pictures related to certain topics, and the drawings sometimes might be disturbing , which I am no doctor, but it will be in the best interest of the student to be evaluated by parents and a school psychologist to see if help is needed. What I have learned is that learning is set off by the stimulation of all our senses. Hearing and listening for some students can transmit signals of communication that are perceives to learning disabilities. Kinesthetic perceives for others that involves touching and seeing seems to be more prominent to learning. With diversity in the classroom, students will have to implement their learning styles by using all their senses. Even though some students will be from different background, the surrounding environment will stimulate to the senses. Interpretation of mental images also imposes language to the brain. Learning combines all the senses that are stimulating to the mind and body. It is up to me as a teacher to make sense out of sensation in the classroom to function in an environment that will become a part of the mechanical or chemical stimuli.

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