Heather Knapp
January 25, 2009
Art in the Classroom
When reading the two articles, “Autism-The Way I See It” and “Not Thinking in Pictures”, I found them both to be very similar. They both discussed the ways in which autistic people think. They said that Autistic people and most other people are visual learners and thinkers. As a future teacher this is important knowledge for me and makes me think of many different ways to include visuals in all aspects of my teaching. The second article discussed the language difficulties that people with autism may have. This is because that they are such visual learners and thinkers and not as much verbal logic thinkers.
What was different about these two articles is that the second article discussed how autistic people may not see the pictures on a card or in a book, but this does not have a reflection upon their intelligence. It is important to see students or individuals strengths instead of the things that they struggle with. By knowing their strengths, you may help them to use their strengths to improve on their weaknesses. Many people may be able to see pictures but some struggle to see pictures altogether, they merely just see its parts but struggle to see the whole thing.
January 25, 2009
Art in the Classroom
When reading the two articles, “Autism-The Way I See It” and “Not Thinking in Pictures”, I found them both to be very similar. They both discussed the ways in which autistic people think. They said that Autistic people and most other people are visual learners and thinkers. As a future teacher this is important knowledge for me and makes me think of many different ways to include visuals in all aspects of my teaching. The second article discussed the language difficulties that people with autism may have. This is because that they are such visual learners and thinkers and not as much verbal logic thinkers.
What was different about these two articles is that the second article discussed how autistic people may not see the pictures on a card or in a book, but this does not have a reflection upon their intelligence. It is important to see students or individuals strengths instead of the things that they struggle with. By knowing their strengths, you may help them to use their strengths to improve on their weaknesses. Many people may be able to see pictures but some struggle to see pictures altogether, they merely just see its parts but struggle to see the whole thing.
1 comment:
Heather...I liked that you used the term, "people with autism," which is called "people first" language. It means that we see and consider the person first, not the label. I agree with you that we need to see our students and their strengths first. All of our students have things to offer to the classroom community!
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