Well add this to the raft of “things” that get filtered through language – color seems to have some connection to language processing. Just like the Inuit and their words for snow, we all seem to have bias for color. I remember hearing something similar to this a while ago in reference to people who live on the beach as well.
So what does this have to do with general teaching and learning? Well, color is one of those basic features of design that we assume can be taken for granted – with exceptions for those who are physically color blind – but I guess we can’t do that any more. There is now proof for linguistic blindness.
But language can lead to all manner of “blindness”, so this may be one of those places where contructivism and connectivism collide. When connected, we might be able to get around some of these blind spots by collecting interpretations from our networks. But in the end, when it comes time to internalize, constructivism is needed. If a student can not build on their own experiences to interpret what is being presented, it is a much greater challenge to learn from that presentation and the connected mind can only help so much… unless one flukes out and finds the one person out there that can fill the gap by one means or another.
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