I think it was my sophomore year of high school when I first heard I was a “right-brained learner.” This label came to me courtesy of my guidance counselor, Mr. O’Toole, who reasoned that I w...
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I don't think it's the left/right brain thing that's the real issue here. It's people taking a small idea and broadening it to mean something that it isn't which is the problem.
Karl Diller wrote: "Too often, we fail to resist the human urge to ‘construct an entire method on one brilliant insight’ - to ‘latch onto one key idea and follow it long and far,’
People are now talking about convergent and divergent thinkers - people who like detail and people who are happier looking at the big picture for example - which is a long the similar lines.
If you're interested, here's a blog about learning styles which goes into this sort of thing in much more detail https://whatyouneedtoknow.co.uk/learning-styles-a-podcast-with-raf-dolanowski/
Karl Diller wrote: "Too often, we fail to resist the human urge to ‘construct an entire method on one brilliant insight’ - to ‘latch onto one key idea and follow it long and far,’
People are now talking about convergent and divergent thinkers - people who like detail and people who are happier looking at the big picture for example - which is a long the similar lines.
If you're interested, here's a blog about learning styles which goes into this sort of thing in much more detail https://whatyouneedtoknow.co.uk/learning-styles-a-podcast-with-raf-dolanowski/