Friday, March 27, 2009

On the Study of Myth

Like in almost any other applications, whenever you have the ability of actually applying your motor skills to learn an idea one usually learns the concept at a greater depth than would the normal one-dimensional limited sensory delivery of an idea, unless you’re extremely docile. Moreover, it reinforces your learning to the point where you have more mastery over the given concept, and it gives you the ability to be able to teach or relay the same concept with greater facility to your students or anyone else in general because you feel a sense of greater ownership over the idea or concept. So when I was constructing the myths I was able to more easily understand the significance or purpose of the ideas associated with myths because I was able to construct one on my own and therefore gain a newfound appreciation of these ideas at a deep level, by doing. Moreover, it was also nice to have a hands-on approach to assembling an internet-web-page to help build a broader computer tech savvy skill set.

However, studying the myths was a more methodical endeavor but overall understood the general essence that myths are universal, provide symbolic and deeply valuable pearls of wisdom about the origins of cultural or in some cases religious beliefs. In addition, provide an imaginative link to explain human behavior, traits, qualities, values but in a more abstract presentation or understanding of the material.

In addition, what I learned is that if you really want your student to learn a concept at greater depth by having them do it themselves with a diverse range of sensory stimuli. It really should serve to integrate their knowledge on the subject and help reinforce most of the other related lessons on the given subject. Lastly, it would also more likely be loads of fun since it would be different from the normal routine avenues of learning their used to.

1 comment:

  1. Hey there,
    Well I really agree with you about the universality of myths. I think myths are very important in terms of culture and the morals and beliefs of the different societies. I really like your opinion on the purpose of myths. They are just something that we all have in our cultures whether we notice it or not. I also agree that if we want to get our students to understand what myths really are, getting them to write them is the best way. I also think they are a lot of fun because a lot of creativity comes with it. I'm sure the students will have fun, whether they'd like to admit it or not.

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