[Jewelry making - Article 00557] - Re: [Orchid] Learning style?

[Pam Chott]

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    While we may assume that comprehension of those 10 words is an easy
    task for our brain, we cannot infer that the same is true of another
    person's brain, particularly if that person is unable to read or to
    easily process written text. 

    Such an individual may indeed have to use more brain power to learn
    - either because the process they must use takes more energy as you
    say or because much of what is presented is in a form they cannot
    understand. 

    In a previous post you said: If someone has to use pictures in his
    presentation, it only bespeaks of the lack of ability to communicate. 


    I would respectfully offer that perhaps the use of pictures in a
    presentation bespeaks an understanding of the differences in
    individuals and a desire to actually achieve communication with those
    for whom words alone will not suffice. 

    I personally educated an exceeding intelligent and talented woman in
    the interpretation of markings and construction techniques used in
    commercial sewing patterns because she is severely dyslexic and
    unable to follow written text. We accomplished this task by hands on
    experience with my demonstrations and added verbal descriptions in 4
    or 5 sessions. Within months, her sewing skills and design
    innovations eclipsed my own. This lady learns differently than you
    and I are able to learn. Communication succeeded without written text
    but the learning was no less valid. 

>     Compare that to the picture which is comprised of several thousands
>     color points and illustrating the same concept as a sentence; we
>     can handle it but we have to expend far more brain power to do it. 

    As for your analysis of the brain's processing of a picture I have
    no scientific basis for disagreeing with you but my personal
    experience has been that I am able to retain an ordinary image and
    recall it more readily and more accurately than I can retain and
    recall what I have simply read, even though well-written. This is
    particularly true of written process instructions vs. illustrations
    of those processes. 

    This is mostly conjecture on my part but if, as you suggest, that
    more brain power is required to interpret pictures than written
    words, perhaps the brain's processing involves utilizing multiple
    modalities and may actually result in a greater understanding with
    the image than with the text? 

>     Also, perceiving letters, combining them in words, constructing
>     sentences out of words, assigning meaning to words is a creative
>     activity which makes one engaged in the learning process, while
>     viewing the picture is passive and information is not retained,
>     simply because we do not have to expend any creative energy, no
>     new brain pathways is formed. We simply chew on the colors and
>     proceed to the next picture. 

    Though you say that we do not have to expend any creative energy in
    viewing pictures, I find that images of jewelry construction
    processes and such things as sculpture, landscapes and sea creatures
    (still or in motion) can set my mind swirling with ideas for jewelry
    design or puzzling over how to accomplish a texture, create a
    mechanism or incorporate a feeling into my work. 

    I hope that these comments of my actual experiences may help you to
    understand that the mileage may vary from mind to mind. Words are
    good tools. Pictures are good tools. Use what is necessary to get the
    job done. Thanks for reading. 

    Your comment about chewing on the colors did generate a vibrant
    visual for me. :-) 

Peace
Pam Chott
www.songofthephoenix.com
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