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Left and Right Beatriz Lupiano March 2010

We learn many things in our first years at school ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Teachers have been aware of the specific functions of the right/left sides of the brain for well over a decade now: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Now coming back to those first school years… ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Most people are right-handed ,[object Object],[object Object]

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We all need to use motor skills ,[object Object],[object Object]

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As teachers, we try to help our learners ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

As a left-handed person, I don’t feel confident when I… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

There are many more examples I could give, and I’ve learned from experience that I need to develop some kind of strategy to get the result I want when: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

As teachers, we try to cater for all learners: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Do we do the same for left-handed learners? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Maybe some teachers do, maybe some parents and peers do…maybe even more will do so in the future. This presentation aimed at raising awareness , where needed, as to how left-handed learners experience the world, and how sometimes they need to adapt themselves to the world and how some small steps from their significant others could perhaps contribute to make this adaptation easier. ,[object Object],[object Object]

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