Me—The Slow Learner and Some of its Implications

Abstract

The use of the simulation ME-THE SLOW LEARNER to promote empathy with learning difficulty or handicap is described briefly, together with a more detailed description of the different stages of the debriefing. There is a consideration of the learning system as it is related to the simulation and to the development of learning handicap, together with a brief consideration of the system of the learner. Aspects of the growing data bank of responses to the simulation are discussed, particularly as they relate to the origin and development of learning problems or handicaps. Some of the major learning difficulties identified by past participants in ME-THE SLOW LEARNER are explored. A brief consideration of the complex way in which learning difficulties or handicaps develop is considered and some of the theoretical perspectives are identified. Finally, the importance of emotion in learning contexts is explored