Sir Robinson talks about the different learning styles of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning and how we all use them differently. He closes with a story about Gillian Lynne, a British ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director. She is noted for her popular theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. In a conversation Sir Robinson had with Gillian Lynne, she stated that she wasn’t a very academically inclined student in a traditional public school. She was taken to a specialist who discovered that she learned by dancing. She needed movement to retain information. Some therapists today would have diagnosed Mrs. Lynne with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), but in the 1930s ADHD was not a diagnosis for children with learning challenges. Because of her unique learning style, her creativity produced great ideas that had value. Sir Ken Robinson concludes that educators of today need to prepare learners with all styles of learning and give equal value to each. He states that our current teaching model needs restructured because humanity’s future is
Sir Robinson talks about the different learning styles of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning and how we all use them differently. He closes with a story about Gillian Lynne, a British ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director. She is noted for her popular theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. In a conversation Sir Robinson had with Gillian Lynne, she stated that she wasn’t a very academically inclined student in a traditional public school. She was taken to a specialist who discovered that she learned by dancing. She needed movement to retain information. Some therapists today would have diagnosed Mrs. Lynne with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), but in the 1930s ADHD was not a diagnosis for children with learning challenges. Because of her unique learning style, her creativity produced great ideas that had value. Sir Ken Robinson concludes that educators of today need to prepare learners with all styles of learning and give equal value to each. He states that our current teaching model needs restructured because humanity’s future is