Whole Brain Thinking : An Educational Alternative for Language Instructors
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Whole brain thinking offers new potentials in providing an educational alternative in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). Prevailing research has shown that the right and the left sides of the brain function and process information differently according to Nobel Prize Winner Roger Sperry in his split-brain research on epileptics. While acknowledging these physical neurological differences, current research suggesting that in view of traditional teaching methods that rely on left-brained thinking, there is a lack of development in utilizing the right side of the brain. Recent literature suggests that learning can be stimulated to induce both sides of the brain in order to boost the learning process. In unifying the two cerebral hemispheres of the brain, a pattern of whole brain thinking evolves. In doing so, this type of thinking has enhanced and enriched the brain to function at a superior level of heightened awareness.
Author: Ruby Toshimi Ogawa
Language: Japanese
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W380374692