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Ways of Knowing and My Learning Experiences Mischa Shimogaki

+Introduction

+The Four Ways of Knowing

Language

A great deal of our knowledge comes from being told, or from reading something.

Perception

Our awareness of things through our five senses

Reason

Abstract reasoning/logic

Emotion

Some things that we claim to know that strikes us as intuitively obvious

+In this Presentation..

The ways of knowing I will discuss:

Emotion, Perception, and Language

The Examples:

IASAS Volleyball Finals in October

Experience in WWW Andaman

+IASAS Volleyball Experience

Figure and Ground:

As the game got more intense, the crowd became the “background” and the action on the court became the main focus

James-Lange Theory:

The rush of emotion that followed after the physical reactions of winning the finals

Empathy:

The role of empathy in boosting the team atmosphere in hard times

+WWW Experience in Andaman

Image Theory

Teaching the Thai kids English; the difference between the word “shower” as a sound and “shower” with a meaning, as a language.

Confirmation by another sense

Confirming reality though:

Sight vs Taste

Sight vs Touch

+Conclusion

Being aware of how the ways of knowing can help me in coming closer with reality in different situations

Being aware of altered perception and

Being aware of confirming with different senses