by Peter | Aug 24, 2026 | brain, education, write
First a general comment. Dr Max Pemberton is experiencing the same kind of vested interest opposition that Profs Elliott & Grigorenko experienced several years ago on the publication of their The Dyslexia Debate. Elliott and Grigorenko’ were not saying that...
by Peter | May 27, 2026 | brain, education, hand, left-right, write
Saying “I know which is my left hand because I write with it!” is is not an expected justification for knowing the left from the right hand. More typically one hears “I know my right hand because I write with it!” And as such, the left / write...
by Peter | Apr 28, 2026 | brain, education, hand, write
This paper, I Don’t Know What’s Right and What’s Wrong : Parent Perceptions of Support and Progress of Their Children With Handwriting Difficulties was published by Literacy UKLA vol 60 Issue 2 This study was to understand parents’ perceptions...
by Peter | Jul 15, 2025 | ADHD, assessment model, education, hand, neuro-divergent, parents, wright, wright - write hand mismatch, write
The homunculus In the Middle Ages, many believed the homunculus -the little human with a voice inside our heads- told us what to think and do. One of the problems with this belief, was the question of who or what told the homunculus what to tell us? The homunculus...
by Peter | Nov 12, 2024 | education, teaching
Coleridge and Wordsworth were more than just poets: they were deeply concerned about children’s education. A.S. Byatt’s Unruly Times Pub Vintage 1977 gives a vivid account of an experiment on the teaching of ‘letters’ over nearly two hundred...
