Dear Friends
The 81st image added to the "E8 Album" within the HQR initiative is the Right vs Left Brain!
The structure and functions of the mind suggest that the two different sides of the brain control two different “modes” of thinking. Each of us prefers one mode over the other. Experiments have shown that the two different sides, or hemispheres, of the brain are responsible for different manners of thinking. The following illustrates the differences between left-brain and right-brain thinking:
Left Brain > < Right Brain;
Rational > < Holistic;
Logical > < Random;
Sequential > < Intuitive;
Analytical > < Synthesising;
Objective > < Subjective;
Looks at parts > < Looks at wholes.
Many of us have a distinct preference for one of the two styles of thinking. Some, however, are more whole-brained and equally adept at both modes. In general, schools and universities tend to favour left-brain modes of thinking, while downplaying the right-brain ones. Left-brain scholastic subjects focus on logical thinking, analysis, and accuracy. Right-brained subjects, on the other hand, focus on aesthetics, feeling, and creativity.
Curriculum – In order to be more “whole-brained” in their orientation, the educational establishment needs to give equal weight to the arts, creativity, and the skills of imagination and synthesis alongside the more scientific and logical disciplines.
Instruction – To foster a more whole-brained life-enriching experience, educators could use more holistic instruction techniques that connect with both sides of the brain. For example, they could increase their students’ right-brain learning activities by incorporating more imagination, patterns, metaphors, analogies, role playing, visuals, and dynamic movement into their reading, calculation, and analytical activities!
Assessment – For a more accurate whole-brained evaluation of learning, educators must develop new forms of assessment that pay adequate attention to the encouragement, growth and progress of right-brained talents and skills.
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About dk.matai
DK Matai is an engineer turned entrepreneur and philanthropist with a keen interest in the well being of global society. DK founded mi2g in 1995, the global risk specialists, in London, UK, whilst developing simulations for his PhD at Imperial College.
DK helped found ATCA - The Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance - in 2001, a philanthropic expert initiative to address complex global challenges through Socratic dialogue and joint executive action to build a wisdom based global economy. ATCA addresses opportunities and threats arising from climate chaos, radical poverty, organised crime, extremism, informatics, nanotechnology, robotics, genetics, artificial intelligence and financial systems. ATCA has 5,000+ distinguished members from over 100 countries: including several from the House of Lords, House of Commons, EU Parliament, US Congress & Senate, G10's Senior Government officials and over 1,500 CEOs from financial institutions, scientific corporates, NGOs and 750+ Profs from academic centres of excellence. ATCA Open is active on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Philanthropy - DK co-founded The Philanthropia in 2005 - to include the Trinity Club, Syndicates and Ethical Investment Funds - with 1,000 leading philanthropists, family offices, foundations, private banks, NGOs and specialist advisors to resolve complex global challenges through collaborative & sustained efforts. DK's other voluntary interests are Sant Bani (Voice of Saints), a culturally diverse fellowship dedicated to the unity of humankind; World Future Council's Board of Advisors and Donors; The Shirley Foundation; Oxford Internet Institute at University of Oxford; Tomorrow's Company and The Trinity Forum, where he advises on a pro bono basis.
Honours - DK was selected to present knowledge management to The Queen in 1998 and mi2g won The Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category of Innovation for Bespoke Security Architecture in 2003. This led to a visit to Buckingham Palace, a celebration hosted at Lloyd's of London, and by The Lord Mayor at Mansion House, followed by a joint visit to Zurich, Switzerland.
Innovation - DK spends about half of his time innovating with mi2g teams focused on digital banking, digital risk management and bespoke security architecture for major financial institutions, government agencies and multi-nationals in Europe, America and Asia. DK believes passionately that the next generation of private and corporate banking involves the global safe custody of valuable data and intellectual property alongside financial deposits with "guaranteed security". D2-Banking is holistic and includes the online vaulting of genomic maps and medical records; art, photo, music and video collections; digital messages and personal files including wills, deeds and memoirs; and other intellectual property alongside traditional financial services.
Authority - DK is an authority on countering complex global threats; strategic risk management & visualisation; contingency planning; Information Operations (IO); electronic defence; biometric authentication; secure payment systems and Open Source hardened kernel solutions. He is an invited contributor to defence and global security analysis in the UK, USA, EU, Canada, Switzerland, Japan and India. mi2g intelligence has been cited by several government agencies including NISCC in the UK, FBI in the US and United Nations agencies in New York and Geneva.
Background - DK is a British subject, a Freeman of the City of London, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, and a member of the Institute of Directors and The Institution of Engineering and Technology. He has worked formerly in the R&D labs of IBM, Inmos, ST Microelectronics and Helvar Electrosonic on Massive Parallel Processing and supercomputing applications. He enjoys meeting people, sharing thoughts, reading history and learning languages. He is vegetarian, teetotal and an optimist. He has lived in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America and he now lives with his family in Europe, with London as hub.
Well, Hello, DK!! We haven't spoken in quite some time! You must be one of the nicest fellows ever, I'm convinced!
Right Brain, Left Brain…..you delve deeply into the complexities of this phenomenon…you even started a socratic dialogue about it! yet…..you fail to address a serious world wide phenomenon…No Brain!! you will find plenty of case studies if you will read the writings and listen to the ramblings of the American Left!! We even have 3 'no brainers' in high positions of authority….President, Speaker of the House, and Senate majority leader! Shall we start a socratic dialogue about this major problem that we face here in the US?
Much love and peace and holiness and goodness and purity and loveliness and happiness and amazingness and joy and harmoniousness and all that fluff….to you sir!! Have a wunnerful week!!
norm