Ian et al,
I couldn't agree with you more.
The trick is, tho, that until we find better ways to ensure that
different learning styles and "disabilities" are accommodated
appropriately, such people will have a hard time of it. Some people
suggest we should make allowances within the conventional framework to
accommodate people with unique styles and abilities, but I disagree - we
cannot water down the conventional forms, which still work for some
fraction of the population, because that weakens the research/education
enterprise overall.
What we need is to invest ALOT more money into research and development
of educational systems for unconventional learners.
Cheers.
Fil
Ian Rooney wrote:
> Hi all
>
> These discussions have been fascinating. My ears did pricked up with Fil
> (Filippo A. Salustri) last contributions with regards to Œthe way we learn¹.
>
> Creative individuals learn in different way, at different speed and they
> come in all different shapes and sizes and have different experiences in
> life. The very essence of what makes education (research) a fascinating and
> inspirational environment.
>
> I myself a successful practitioner and now lecturer involved in research and
> open of my dyslexia and learning difficulties (a taboo subject) have had
> first hand experiences of this prejudices. With a lot of supervisors
> mistaking these learning difficulties and different learning approaches as a
> lack of intelligence, laziness, and Œyes¹ lack of rigor in student¹s
> research. It is a crying shame because visionaries are slipping through
> academic nets; some are much-needed individuals that in my experiences are
> more likely to bring practice and academia closer.
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> Ian Järvelä-Rooney, Lahti Institute of Design, Finland
>
>
> P.s Thanks Ken Friedman for the much needed reading list
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Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Ryerson University
350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada
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