Often, we think of doodlers as not paying attention. I think the book aims to break down misconceptions about doodling as being a mindless thing. It really hit me in a way I didn’t expect. But I could see how the ideas that Sunni was putting out there could apply to education. I found this book three years ago, in the business management section of the bookstore. Not only is Sunni Brown a really engaging writer and speaker, but she grounds her work in research. This conversation with MindShift has been edited for length and clarity.Ĭoppola: The book that has changed my life is called The Doodle Revolution: it takes you through what doodling is, it argues for its benefits, and talks about how visual learning and visual thinking can help us become better learners, but also can be super fun. But what she learned from The Doodle Revolution is that there is research to support the idea that doodling is actually not stealing focus, but helping to increase focus by helping the doodler think deeply about what is being said.Īnd more than that, Coppola said, it’s fun. Ĭoppola, who was never much of a doodler herself, said when she first started teaching 16 years ago, she often told students to stop drawing all over their papers and pay attention. She said that an unlikely book has profoundly changed how she thinks about teaching reading and writing: Sunni Brown’s The Doodle Revolution: Unlock the Power to Think Differently.
Literacy specialist Shawna Coppola teaches at a small elementary school in Rollinsford, New Hampshire, where she focuses on universal instruction and supporting teachers, often stepping in to help plan a lesson or co-teach a unit.
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