Tag Archives: creativity

Visual Thinking 101_27 blogs later, you must have questions!

Posted on March 19, 2023 by olivehickmott

All year I have been doing blogs about Visual thinking: extoling its merits, explaining the challenges and celebrating success. I am sure you must have questions by now, if not just read a few of them and I am sure … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking 101_26 4-year-old creative geniuses

Posted on March 6, 2023 by olivehickmott

Many people have asked me about the statistic that 98% of 4 year-olds are creative geniuses and only 2% f adults are. This comes from some research done by Dr. George Land for NASA. In 1968, George Land conducted a research … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking 101_16 How not to teach word recognition

Posted on January 17, 2023 by olivehickmott

Word recognition is essential for fluent reading.  But with an emphasis on phonics ONLY, word recognition is left either left to chance or not being taught in school, as few educationalists have ever discovered how a child develops word recognition. Empowering … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking 101_15 To Appreciate all Kinds of Minds

Posted on January 16, 2023 by olivehickmott

Like many others, by mission is to appreciate different kinds of minds and ensure they are not screened out by one-size-fits-all. Thomas G West writes in In the Mind’s Eye, “for a certain group of people the handicap itself may … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking 101_14 How to recognise visual thinking

Posted on January 15, 2023 by olivehickmott

How can we recognise visual thinking? It is a lot easier than you think! Just watch a person’s eyes. When they are looking up they are accessing their visual pictures, sideways is auditory and looking down is emotions and internal … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking 101_13 Imagine a world without visual thinkers

Posted on January 14, 2023 by olivehickmott

Imagine a world without visual thinkers! What would that be like? What would it be like to have no artists, no plays, no dancers, no film, no TV, no photographers, no theatre, no visual memory. What would it be like … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking 101_12 Retaining creativity and innovation

Posted on January 13, 2023 by olivehickmott

Continuing from yesterday’s post, retaining creativity and innovation is so much more productive than having to rebuild it. NOTICE, MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION The place to start, is noticing creativity and innovation, that is all around us; in … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking 101_11 How do we lose creativity?

Posted on January 12, 2023 by olivehickmott

Professor George Land, did a longitudinal study to assess the creativity of 1600 children as part of a NASA project in the 1960s. The results were; 98% of 5 year-olds scored at a “genius” level for creativity, by 15 only … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking 101_7 Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity

Posted on January 7, 2023 by olivehickmott

The famous TED talk by the Late Great Sir Ken Robinson on the importance of creativity. In 2.5 minutes, he sums up many of the topics I am highlighting in this series Visual Thinking 101. I shall always be indebted … Continue reading →

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Visual Thinking 101_4 Self-directed learning and neurodiversity

Posted on January 4, 2023 by olivehickmott

How can self-directed learning avoid learning difficulties? The same child in a different environment can create different learning results, so what is happening? Many cases are known where a child overcomes their learning difficulties in a self-directed environment. With Self-directed … Continue reading →

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