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Visual Thinking 101_27 blogs later, you must have questions!
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
Visual Thinking 101_26 4-year-old creative geniuses
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_25 So OFSTED doesn’t value visual thinking skills
I am even more bewildered today with this government contradiction. Our Prime Minister talks about wanting to promote creativity, innovation, problem-solving skills etc. At the same time, Lee Owston, Acting National Director of Education, at Ofsted, writes about the importance … Continue reading
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Visual Thinking 101_21 OFSTED’s reading report
Last November OFSTED published their research “Now the whole school is reading: supporting struggling readers in secondary school”. The introduction states, “Each year, around one-quarter of 11-year-olds do not reach the expected standards in reading at the end of their … Continue reading
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Visual Thinking 101_20 More mysteries
You will find 27 contradictions and mysteries in my book “The Elephants in the Classroom”. Here are a few more of my favorites; Phonics may have improved reading for many, but visual thinkers and dyslexics can’t cope with the minutiae … Continue reading
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Visual Thinking 101_19 Does this made sense?
Here is the paradox: There are many mysteries and other seeming contradictions in the world of learning differences, which don’t make any logical sense and all too often, are seldom noticed. Neurodiversity has benefitted much from recent neuroscience, which doesn’t … Continue reading
Visual Thinking 101_18 Losing my visual pictures
My real passion is to alleviate and prevent much of the confusion that threatens to overwhelm students. Teachers and parents of children under 7 years old need to incorporate visualisation into any and all forms of teaching and learning, especially … Continue reading
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Visual Thinking 101_17 Why do letters move?
How do letters move on the page? How do letters move in your mind’s eye? Maybe only visual thinkers have got the skill to do this. But why do they do it? When I first started working with dyslexic students … Continue reading
Visual Thinking 101_16 How not to teach word recognition
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
Visual Thinking 101_15 To Appreciate all Kinds of Minds
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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