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Attention�Part-II

Presented

By

Bonny Samanta

Department of Education

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Some Special Features of Attention

  • Shifting of Attention
  • Fluctuation of Attention
  • Span of Attention

Source : Wikipedia

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Shifting of Attention

  • While paying attention towards an object or an event it is not possible to hold attention continuously with same intensity for a long duration.
  • In course of time when the centre of our consciousness either shifts from one stimulus to another or from one part of the same stimulus to another.
  • It is constantly shifting attention from one object to another object or one aspect of the situation to another .
  • At a time we can only pay attention on one object

or event, not two or more thing.

  • It can quickly change within few seconds.

Source: theoffbeatstory.com

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Fluctuation of Attention�

  • It appears for us that our attention can be concentrated on a particular act for a long duration.
  • The centre part of our consciousness keeps on fluctuating from one stimulus to another or on the different parts of a stimulus, this is known as fluctuation of attention.

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Span of Attention�

  • Span means the number of objects or events one individual can concentrate to at a given time.
  • It varies with age, physical, mental and emotional condition and nature of object or events.
  • This can be visual attention or auditory attention

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Classification of Attention

  • Involuntary Attention( Non-volitional Attention)
  • Voluntary Attention( Volitional Attention)
  • Sustained Attention
  • Selective Attention
  • Divided Attention
  • Alternative Attention
  • Visual Attention

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Educational Implications

  • i. The teacher should try to secure attention of the children in teaching-learning situation.
  • ii. The teacher should create a conducive environment at the time of teaching in order to concentrate full attention among the children.
  • iii. The learning atmosphere should be free from all possible distracting factors.
  • iv. In order to create attention the teacher should try to motivate the students at each stage of teaching.
  • v. Diagrams, figures and pictures should be drawn at the time of need.
  • vi. Audio-visual aids should be used properly.
  • vii. The teacher should move use of gestures, postures, actions and demonstrations at the time of teaching.
  • viii. The students should be involved actively in teaching-learning activities.
  • ix. Fear of punishment and rude behaviour of teacher should be avoided.
  • x. The teacher should show a fair and impartial treatment to all the students in the class.
  • The discussed steps will definitely help the students to create attentions among them-selves in the teaching learning situations.

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References

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Thank You�for your attention