Response to Assignment 1: Teaching towards R-Brain thinking

I would like to think that I promote Right-Brain thinking as I teach art, which predominantly uses the right side of the brain. Much of the content in my classroom and the way I teach, invites my students to look at an object (such as a painting, sculpture or everyday item) as a whole, simultaneous thinking. I ask students to look at the significance and beauty of a piece of artwork. For instance, when I teach how to draw a self-portrait, I teach the students to look at the face as a whole, to distinguish the relationship between objects, not so much each object individually. As a whole, I really think teaching Right-Brain learning depends on the teacher, not so much the school. If the teacher is willing to teach using various techniques and alternative activities rather than just the traditional reciting, quizzing, etc, it will allow for more r-brainers to engage witht the context of the material.