Sunday, October 30, 2011

Are You a Whole Brain Thinker?

ARE YOU A WHOLE BRAIN THINKER?
Look at the charts below and say the COLOR and NOT the WORD... (Your right brain wants to say the color, but our left brain insists on reading the word..

 http://www.funderstanding.com/content/right-brain-vs-left-brain We really have 3 brains(5 parts) in our head. The right brain is Random, Intuitive, Wholistic, Subjective and Synthesizing. So, as a result, the right brain controls the way one Feels a rhythm, distinguishes color, stimulates Imagination or the appreciation of dimension and distance for instance. The right brain also controls the opposite-left side of one's body. So by closing the right eye, while using only your left eye, you might strengthen access to your right brain(which recognizes abstraction, structure and color... 

Whole brain thinkers are able to balance the right and left functioning of their thoughts. http://www.holisticjunction.com/categories/HPD/whole-brain-thinking-practitioners.html ...As a parent and educator, I have often thought a...bout the flaws of our educational system. Many are well aware of how the educational system is not set up for the achievement and advancement of our Afrikan children. There is still (imho) too much of an emphasis and imbalance of left-brain functioning as a gauge of intelligence and academic success. I often sought to give opportunities for our children to express themselves using more of their multiple Intelligences.




Dr Amos Wilson speaks truth to power on the challenge of our Afrikan children! https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150195550139782 Also: http://www.trainerslibrary.com/Previews/WholeBrain/CT-wholebrain.pdf Also: http://www.funderstanding.com/content/right-brain-vs-left-brain