Developmental Synesthesia and Perceptual Difference in the American Curriculum: A Historical Survey
Location
Buller Hall 215
Start Date
30-3-2017 3:30 PM
End Date
30-3-2017 3:50 PM
Type of Presentation
25 minute Scholarly Work Presentation
Proposal for Presentation
This paper contemplates developmental synesthesia as a differentiated mode of perception and its impact on educational processes. Synesthesia is a relatively rare neurological condition characterized by excessive connectivity between brain areas that would normally become specialized throughout brain development. Yet, the enormous positive and negative implications of synesthesia for education have only started to gain attention in scholarly literature. In exploring how the American curriculum allows for differentiated modes of perception and specialized education throughout its recent history (1890s-present), this paper strives to find a place for synesthesia as a significant condition, with attention to new directions for future research.
Developmental Synesthesia and Perceptual Difference in the American Curriculum: A Historical Survey
Buller Hall 215
This paper contemplates developmental synesthesia as a differentiated mode of perception and its impact on educational processes. Synesthesia is a relatively rare neurological condition characterized by excessive connectivity between brain areas that would normally become specialized throughout brain development. Yet, the enormous positive and negative implications of synesthesia for education have only started to gain attention in scholarly literature. In exploring how the American curriculum allows for differentiated modes of perception and specialized education throughout its recent history (1890s-present), this paper strives to find a place for synesthesia as a significant condition, with attention to new directions for future research.