Sensory Perception / A Different View of Auditory Perception

Definition

Auditory perception is the ability to interpret and understand sounds from the environment. It's a key part of communication, social interaction, and awareness of the surrounding world. 

Factors

Communication: We use auditory perception to speak to others and to listen to them.

Awareness: We use auditory perception to be aware of our environment.

Learning: We use auditory perception to learn about our world - in all of its many forms, e.g. speech, music, heart beat.

Creating: We use auditory perception to create images of what we are hearing; our experiences. 

Cautions

It is essential that what is heard is the same as what was spoken.

What is spoken in one language may be misinterpreted by the listener in a different language.

Vocabulary used by the speaker may be in a vocabulary unknown by the listener e.g. sports jargon.

What you are doing must not be above the level of what the learner has learned or is capable of learning.

Sayings in one country may not be known by listener from another country, e.g., “That’s water under the bridge.”

Sports Example

DePaul Junior High School Coach Tommy Able is having his  basketball team learn a 2-1- 2 zone defense to add to their man-to-man defense. He thinks they know enough about the game to be able to learn it. He is teaching it at a practice session and will not have them use it in a game until they are well versed in its use in their practice sessions. He is starting the process by using a diagram on the chalkboard in the locker room.

He has noted that most of the players have some idea about how this defense works. Some of his players gave him blank stares and some were squinting with questioning looks. He is most concerned about Mario, one of the guards. Mario’s family has moved into the area recently and Spanish is still their favored language.

Coach Able looked at Mario’s cousin, Pablo, who has been a big help to Mario in learning the language and the game. Pablo caught his look and nodded “telling” the coach that he would help Mario learn with him. Assistant Coach Larry Stone is also aware of Mario and other players who will need extra help. Coach Able thinks they are now ready to get to the basketball court. He and Larry Stone spend the rest of the session setting the players in their positions, talking to them about their area of the floor, the zone that they will be guarding, telling them not to follow their “Man” when he leaves their zone, picking up whoever comes into their zone. I

t’s time for the players to go home.

Coaches Able and Stone review the session:

Are we “Overcoaching"? Are our players ready to learn and use this defense?

(See our Blog of December 12, 2024)

Which player(s) need extra help?

Are there any processes other than our demonstrations and talking to them that could

be used?

Let’s do a half-court scrimmage using that 2-1-2 defense and see where we are.