https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22 en-us 2022-01-26 12:26:30 UTC 2025-10-25 02:18:35 UTC hello@padlet.com moe_cpdd_ellb https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2013388431 Recall an interesting memory of a place or event. Reflect on how your sensory experiences have shaped your understanding/perceptions of this place or event. ]]> 2022-01-26 12:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2013388431 moe_cpdd_ellb https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2013388578 What do you think are some merits and limitations of using the sensory method in our construction of knowledge about society?]]> 2022-01-26 12:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2013388578 moe_cpdd_ellb https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2026871280 Having explored the role of the senses and the sensory method in knowledge construction, what are some ideas/approaches you would like to try in the classroom? ]]> 2022-02-03 06:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2026871280 https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029003321 - Senses give us access to knowledge/data that is not explicit, textual, traditionally 'factual', and yields points of data that are implicit, intangible, etc
- There is a richness / value to framing data narratively, experientially...knowledge as allegory (link to Plato/Kant etc)
- Empathy element 'rounds out' the framing of knowledge ... something which the scientific method can at times neglect

- analogy/example: purely descriptive reportage stating migrant worker living conditions are restricted VS authentic/organic (albeit subjective) report of experience/narrative of said living conditions 

- obvious epistemological problem: loss of objectivity / how to determine the epistemological value of subjectivity (does truth lose its 'truthiness' if it's a subjective truth?)]]> 2022-02-04 07:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029003321 jarrodjulian https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029010804 Limitations of the sensory method:
a. we already have a pre-existing knowledge of racial categories (and other relevant pieces of knowledge) that actually influence our sensory perception - Perception Theory-Ladenness. It's hard to be that Tabula Rasa to allow the sensory method to construct the knowledge in a 'pure' method.

Merits
a. Somewhat reliable source of knowledge in helping us to delineate categories of knowledge. E.g. wet market. 
b. When encountering a place for the very first time, we can actually take on that Tabula Rasa persona and our senses can then help us to construct knowledge more purely (although we do usually have a little pre-existing knowledge of the place in this Internet age). E.g. going to a new country and being surprised, especially when our senses contradict our pre-existing knowledge. 
c. Reality is so much more than our pre-existing knowledge that our senses can always have the chance at 'overwhelming' our existing body of knowledge to give rise to new knowledge. ]]> 2022-02-04 07:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029010804 https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029011350 - going out of the classroom (field trip or just roaming SG/school premises) 

- class discussion / reflection qns: 
* what senses do you use/not use?
* what constitutes/counts as actual/authentic use of a sense?
* what sense are being used by XYZ community? conscious or not, what epistemological approach is used by the community?
* red dress blue dress meme as an eg of unreliability of senses / JTB / sources of knowledge debates (is dress red because chemistry & not sight?)]]> 2022-02-04 07:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029011350 https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029013287 a) Sense deception – it can be both a merit and a limitation simply because it can enhance 
b) Sense of Smell - Most powerful (physiologically) of the senses? - Smell something pleasant – strong memories / unpleasant – adverse reactions? 
c) Issues in Knowledge Construction - Definition of truth - How to fulfil truth condition if sense of smell is so subjective and based on personal experiences and memories? - Reliability of justification – e.g. participant observation and observer effect? ]]> 2022-02-04 07:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029013287 jarrodjulian https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029014910 Surprising because it contradicted my existing views of what Singapore looks like. E.g. Changi Bay. 
Questioned my assumptions on how Singapore must be like and that we can't take a holiday in Singapore. 
(comparison to Jeju - Mothership!)]]> 2022-02-04 07:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/moe_cpdd_ellb/kisymp22/wish/2029014910