According to Roger W. Sperry, L-Directed thinking is reasoning
sequentially, excelled analysis and handling of words. Whereas R-Directed
thinking is reasoning holistically, recognizing patterns and interpreting
emotions and nonverbal expressions. My subject, multiple subject, requires a
little bit of both. As a multiple subject educator I have to teach students how
to think in both ways and function in everyday life. To find a balance teachers
have to teach to the “whole child”.
Abundance, Asia, and Automation affect the dominance of
L-Directed thinking in business and schools by diminishing it in the need of
the workforce. There is automatically an abundance of so many things that now
those things need to be visually appealing and have more of an aesthetic touch
for it to be sold/valuable. Therefore, R-Directed thinking is going to be
valued more in the future.
High concept is the ability to create new ideas or things that
are appealing to the eye i.e. art , emotional beauty, etc. High Touch is the
ability to empathize, or understand human interaction, to find one’s self. This
will impact my teaching because I will have to be a person who can appeal to
those types of clients (parents and students).
IQ tests linear and sequential thinking- it is a specific type
of test. It does not value R-Directed thinking. There is room for EQ in
education. The book states, “…the capacity for compassion, care, and uplift-
which are becoming a key component of many occupations in the Conceptual Age.”
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ReplyDeleteAs multiple subject educators, we also will be teaching students whose school experience may be their true first experience with being a part of a social community. Much of our time, especially if we are primary teachers, will be spent on teaching students how to share, problem solve in social situations,empathize and respond to others in kind and helpful ways. If we have special education students integrated into our classrooms, those students with autism and asperger's will need explicit instruction in how to observe social cues and respond in appropriate ways (R-directed thinking).
DeleteIt is interesting that you note how important R brain thinking will be more valuable in terms of tangible objects (I suppose). I did not consider that aspect of the workforce and their product. I considered the application of R brain importance to innovative ideas to build companies on.
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