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Dr David Pollak
De Montfort University
Leicester, UK
Session overview
Dyslexia is ?
a neurological deficit
a disability
a memory problem
a contrast between your intelligence
and your academic skills
part of neurodiversity
a preference for holistic thinking
something to campaign about
part of the normal range of brains
Ways of thinking
linear
two-dimensional
three-dimensional
visual
global
oral/aural
interactive
Left hemisphere Right hemisphere
logic
holistic
thinking
analysis colour,
pattern,
design
details
numbers practical/
concrete
thinking
sequencing
<left right> creative
problem-
solving
abstract
thinking intuitive
understanding
What is dyslexia?
It means ‘difficulty with words’
questions is there a
are there to ask good
diagrams? about a contents
book list?
is there a
is there a
section called
good
'introduction'?
index?
“I cannot think of anything more unfair than … to treat all
students as if they are the same, when they so
manifestly are not” (Lewis Elton)