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How does ‘Learning’ happen? Have you ever
given a thought to it?
It
is fun and purposeful to learn the way we, humans learn. Knowing the way how
things get captured by mind and recorded by brain indeed makes you more open,
more sensitive and more conscious to your learning environment!
Agree? Yes. It is the difference between
a movie watcher and a movie maker. It is the difference between leisurely
staring at TV screen of a Cricket match and watching the match as an umpire on
the field.
Multi-Sensory
Perception
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There is a concept called MSP i.e.,
Multi-Sensory Perception. This is just putting your senses in combo to work for
you in synergy- which is simply put one plus one greater than two.
Let’s accept humans are mostly
‘Eye-minded’. About ninety percent of our learning happens through our vision.
As you know other sensory organs i.e., the body parts through which we learn
are nose, skin, ear, tongue. Each of these organs gives separate inputs to the
brain which lead to learning and memory.
Then, what is the effect of combining
these sense perceptions. Have you noticed why you remember a movie scene in
great detail years after watching the same? The answer is that it combines more
than one sensory organ- chiefly the Eye and the Ear.
Have you noticed that the rhymes and
poems you learnt in your kindergarten and math tables sticks to your mind more
than what you learnt a couple of days back in your class? This is because the
learning was associated with rhythm, limb moment, sound and so on.
Most remarkable is the association of
Emotion. Anything connected with strong emotion sinks into your mind. Can you
recall happiest moment, sad moment, embarrassing moment, annoying moment which
you went through? Yes, very easily.
Have you got the experience of catching up with an old skill learnt years ago with ease? This applies to skill of cycling, driving, music, dance, drawing, stitching, swimming, playing sport or a board game and so on.
A skill learnt is never forgotten. Put a thought to
what all that have gone into learning that skill. We realize that many
physical, mental and sensory activities are involved.
So why don’t we apply our new knowledge
to accelerate and enjoy our learning in academics?
How to Apply This to Our Own Learning?
1. While you are listening to your class teacher get
fully involved in the moment… pay attention to the topic being dealt, look at
the gestures of your teacher, grasp the subtle changes in her voice as she
keeps modulating her voice on certain points, try picturing her scribbling on
the board.
2. Keep discussing over a tough topic with your
friends over your favorite snack. The taste of the snack has the ability to
reinforces the subject matter combined with the silent emotional dialogue that
goes among you and your friends.
3. Is mugging up bad? Not always. It certainly
helps in memorizing things like Maths, Chemistry and Physics formulae which
need to be committed to memory over long period, perhaps through your life.
4. You never miss practical classes. Be it a Science
lab or Biology models or a visit to a zoo or museum. It certainly gives shape
and form to your knowledge to see the text book lessons in flesh and blood.
Wherever permitted do touch and feel the things of course not meddling with its
original form.
5. Use colors, pictures and make mind maps
associating your lessons. You can learn things in a holistic way using Mind
maps. You may explore more on Mind maps in books and on web.
6. Try to learn good number of skills. Rest assured;
the effort put in skill learning is not time-consuming matter but it pays by
itself in your studies too.
What is the reward for learning? It is learning more and learning more
easily. If you doubt this just think of how big leaders, scientists, big
business bosses manage too many things than you and me in more effective way.
So, put your senses in combination if not
all together. Enjoy learning and learning more with fun.
Written By - Saija Bhumireddy
Edited by – Adrija Saha
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