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Sound representations in preschool students / Las representaciones del sonido en estudiantes de educación preescolar

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Pages 952-999 | Received 04 Dec 2017, Accepted 29 Jul 2019, Published online: 24 Sep 2019
 

Abstract

Studies of the representations that students construct, within the framework of embodied cognition, have shown that perception, action and cognition are linked and are the basis of these representations. From this framework of analysis, this study attempted to identified the representations of 23 preschool students (ages four and five) of sound production, perception and propagation. In-depth interviews were conducted using hypothetical situations and experimental tasks. Three representations were identified. The first one shows a conception of sound centred on objects. Representation 2 also focuses on objects and their relationship with the subject, but it begins to attribute characteristics to the sound itself, and in representation 3, sound has more intrinsic characteristics that expand its possibilities of interacting with the subject and other objects. We conclude that the construction of representations of sound starts from perceptual elements and is linked to actions, although its complexity also shows that they incorporate characteristics that go beyond this corporal correlate.

Resumen

El estudio de las representaciones que construyen los estudiantes, desde el marco de la cognición corporeizada, ha puesto de manifiesto que la percepción, acción y cognición están ligadas y son la base de las representaciones que elaboran. A partir de este marco de análisis se identificaron las representaciones de 23 estudiantes preescolares (cuatro y cinco años de edad), sobre la producción, percepción y propagación del sonido. Se realizaron entrevistas a profundidad utilizando situaciones hipotéticas y tareas experimentales. Se identificaron tres representaciones. La primera, muestra una concepción del sonido centrada en los objetos. La representación 2, también se centra en los objetos y su relación con el sujeto, pero se comienzan a atribuir características al propio sonido, y en la representación 3, el sonido posee más características intrínsecas y que amplían sus posibilidades de interacción con el sujeto y otros objetos. Concluimos que las representaciones sobre el sonido parten de elementos perceptuales y están vinculada a las acciones, aunque su complejidad también muestra que incorporan características que superan este correlato corpóreo.

Acknowledgements / Agradecimientos

We would like to thank D. I. Humberto Ángel Albornoz Delgado for the photographs of the materials used in this document. This research was conducted as part of project No. 240419 subsidized by CONACYT-SEB. / Se agradece al D.I. Humberto Ángel Albornoz Delgado, por las fotografías de los materiales empleadas en este documento. Esta investigación se ha realizado dentro del proyecto No. 240419 subvencionado por CONACYT-SEB.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s). / Los autores no han referido ningún potencial conflicto de interés en relación con este artículo.

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