Teacher Strategy 263The outline of an object is another example of a visual Teacher
sequence. When we look at the shape of a car or the form of a human body,
our eye will often follow the lines which are formed by the outline of the
object. We speak of the curves of the female body or the lines of a car, and
sometimes these two are
combined, with the curvy
girl curving over the
curves of the car.
Finally, when objects
or people move, their
actions trace out a visual
sequence. In our mind‟s
eye we can easily imagine
the path that they are
following, as if their
movements were like
those of a pen, leaving a
mental trail of ink behind
to mark their progress. I
suggest that it is Teacher
thought which does this mental „marking,‟ looking, as usual, for the
sequence behind the event, just as Perceiver thought tries to find the fact
behind the experience.
There are four basic types of Teacher sequences:- Words. These are patterns of noise to which we assign meaning.
- Visual Outline. This is a spatial pattern of lines and curves.
- Path. This is a pattern of lines and curves which occurs over time.
- Rhythm. These are repeated noise patterns which have no specific
meaning.
Teacher strategy can also use thought to move beyond the basic
sequences of sound and sight. Teacher thought may use words in order to
build general theories. This book is an example of a general theory.
Sometimes so much mental processing occurs that it becomes difficult for
Teacher thought to go from theories back to words in order to verbalize
understanding. Visual outline can also become very abstract. Galileo‟s
research started by studying the visual paths traced out by the swinging of
a pendulum or the dropping of a ball. Kepler analyzed the paths followed
by the planets as they moved through the heavens. Newton (a Teacher
person; Galileo and Kepler were Facilitator persons) built an entire system
of scientific law and theory upon the motion of objects. Sometimes visual
outlines become so abstract that they lose all connection with sight. We
WORDS