Several times in my life, years of difficult and inexplicable behavior by someone important to me (or myself), has benefited from an awareness of a neurotype, learning style, thinking practice, personality disorder, trauma pattern, etc.
It's important not to "diagnose" people. But these patterns are real and shed light on logics we operate with.
A little understanding goes a long way.
It makes sense that our brain, like any device class, has common patterns of high/low performance and failure.
I don't know where in education exposure to practical psychology makes sense. But a formal psychology class is too late, too narrow, too short, and too segregated a context: as the article points out.
We don't want to interrupt children's development with psychological concepts they are not ready for. But it would be nice to understand each other better, earlier.
That is an interesting education problem.
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A related thought. There are so many areas of vitally useful knowledge, but turning each area into a formal subject isn't possible or necessary.
All that is needed for many great ideas is exposure.
Many geniuses' benefited as children from frequent informal discussions with knowledgable curious persons.
Perhaps a daily open discussion lunch hour could provide that exposure. Where all manner of subjects are discussed, and all kinds of questions are welcome.
It could be the easiest most impactful class of the day.
It's important not to "diagnose" people. But these patterns are real and shed light on logics we operate with.
A little understanding goes a long way.
It makes sense that our brain, like any device class, has common patterns of high/low performance and failure.
I don't know where in education exposure to practical psychology makes sense. But a formal psychology class is too late, too narrow, too short, and too segregated a context: as the article points out.
We don't want to interrupt children's development with psychological concepts they are not ready for. But it would be nice to understand each other better, earlier.
That is an interesting education problem.
--
A related thought. There are so many areas of vitally useful knowledge, but turning each area into a formal subject isn't possible or necessary.
All that is needed for many great ideas is exposure.
Many geniuses' benefited as children from frequent informal discussions with knowledgable curious persons.
Perhaps a daily open discussion lunch hour could provide that exposure. Where all manner of subjects are discussed, and all kinds of questions are welcome.
It could be the easiest most impactful class of the day.