Engineering (Spatial Linguistics)

Engineering is one of the most important subjects in IGL. Engineering in IGL begins with spatial awareness or spatial linguistics. Spatial awareness is the ability of students to understand volumetrics in the context of the very smallest spaces at the quantum level, the immediate space at the standard level and the astronomical level. This is linked to how space defines objects in all of their dynamic references including an object's dimensions and its position in space and time. The 10 infograms or infographs students begin to learn from kindergarten teach them to understand the structure of objects in terms of the object's physical dimensions and how it is crafted based on how it occupies space.

The properties of physical space, symmetry, direction, distance and other aspects of physical space and how these build materials into tools or crafts will become second nature for students who will begin to be taught these qualities from kindergarten beginning with the 10 infographs. This will be taught in relation to the physical space around students, around objects, their internal and external structure. This will later be integrated with computer graphic images (CGI) work that uses wire framing to help understand how objects, materials are created and crafted.

The introduction of spatial awareness will begin at an early age as a form of play and fun activity into which the fundamentals of volumetrics are introduced and mapped. Like counting or the alphabet in phonetics, understanding structure, its context and being able to calibrate it is expected to become second nature allowing students to apply a mathematical perspective to 3 dimensional space around them and in the construction of objects.

The infographs will be mapped such that they can describe the spatial context in terms of their internal structure, while at the same time the same infographs will use the same reference system to identify any object anywhere on a 2D map and anywhere in space in 3D. Students will use engineering to understand the position of the earth in space in relation to the size and volume of the universe, and yet also be able to use the same tool like a compass to find positions on earth's geography and in the same instance use the infograph to craft physical objects out of different materials using the same concept of dimensional reference. Not only does this teach students how to craft the objects but how these objects occupy space.

Spatial linguistics should
encourage students to push the boundaries
of engineering.

Naysayers will say you can't go there....but you will prove them wrong.

Spatial awareness is a very important aspect of the IGL programme. It forms the foundation of Engineering for students that will go on to take this discipline at the tertiary level. It is expected that IGL students who go on to specialize in engineering will have exceptional problem solving skills. As it is with other subjects they will have 16 or more layers of mapping integrating their knowledge with other disciplines that bring abilities that are second to none to the field of engineering.