When Dan Pink wrote his book about the world needing more skills of the Conceptual Age, many in the dyslexia community couldn’t help but notice that his list looked a lot like common lists of dyslexic strengths: – Artistry – Inventiveness – Big-picture thinking – Pattern recognition – Empathy The implications for education and careers were straightforward. The goals of education and satisfying work should not be mere mastery of information, but a mastery of concepts that could be used flexibly to solve problems and create things that are new. Pink is not a neuroscientist; he is a popular author and observer of trends. Where are we now in our understanding of “dyslexic thinking”? There are many interesting lines of thought coming together these […]
Dyslexia and Mapping Out the Mind [Premium]
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | Oct 9, 2021 | Being Dyslexic, Brain, creativity, dyslexia, Gifted, Learning, MIND strengths, Neurodiversity, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies | 0 comments