Monday 20 April 2015

Songbirds and what we learn from them

I would like to get back to the subject of bird songs. The facts which arise from a research on their processes is of course, very interesting ,as they are  well researched by doyens like Howard Gardner. Earlier , we have discussed the process of making and now , we will discuss the process of  perceiving.

Many have accused the human being to suffer from a lack of perception. As we sit enshrined on our couches we tend to trap ourselves in the alternate reality offered by the all important television. Roaming the world of make believe we miss the fight between the crows.Which bloodbath is only seen to be believed. We have missed the sea of humanity which passed our windows ,each a novel in itself.

The perceiving system concerns those things in the environment to which the organism is sensitive. How sensitive are we to our environment? This blog  is about  education and how man has put his all in a system which in modern parlance he calls the knowledge world. Perception or perceiving is an important part of educating the human mind.

Birds sing.They sing very sweetly ,but so do we. Why do we sing? If we don't ,for some of us can't or won't , we listen to others sing. Singing is also a way of communication for us.Like the birds we like to convey. What do we convey? Our feelings.This is the third part of the process. So making, perceiving, feeling are the three processes which Gardner calls the three systems.

How about feelings?  i hope it will be interesting when i delve into the world of feelings to surface again with the pearls which will convince us that memory, the key of application benefits if we consider the world of feelings.


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