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In Teaching for the Two-Sided Mind Linda VerLee Williams explores the application of this important research to the classroom, summarizing current knowledge, discussing its implications, and providing practical teaching techniques that draw upon the right side of the brain.

Teachers, parents and all those interested in education will find Teaching for the Two-Sided Mind a fascinating exploration of how the most recent psychological findings can be put to use in the classroom

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• Preface(p. xi)
• 1 Learning with the Whole Brain(p. 1)
• The Two-Sided Mind and Education
• 2 Scientific Theory and Educational Practice(p. 13)
• Differences Between the Hemispheres
• A Model of Specialization
• Implications for Education
• Learning Styles and the Hemispheres
• Teaching Techniques for the Right Hemisphere
• 3 How Do You Think?(p. 39)
• Strategies and Modes of Thinking
• Teaching Students Process Awareness
• Solutions to Exercises
• 4 Metaphor(p. 54)
• Advantages of Metaphorical Teaching
• Using Metaphor in the Classroom
• 5 Visual Thinking(p. 84)
• Training Perception
• Graphic Representation
• Visualization
• 6 Fantasy(p. 115)
• Experiencing Fantasy
• Observation Fantasies
• Identification Fantasies
• Fantasy as a Basis for Self-Expression
• Evaluating the Products of Fantasy
• Using Fantasy in the Classroom
• Further Applications
• 7 Multisensory Learning(p. 143)
• Sensory Learning in the Early Primary Grades
• Sensory-Motor Integration
• Kinesthetic and Tactile Learning
• Kinesthetic Learning in Academic Subjects
• Kinesthetic Perception in Physical Learning
• Smell and Taste
• Nonverbal Auditory Learning (Music)
• 8 Direct Experience(p. 168)
• Laboratory Experiments
• Field Trips
• Real Objects and Primary Source Material
• Simulation
• Role Playing
• 9 How to Start(p. 180)
• Planning for Change
• Starting Now
• Intangibles
• Rediscovering Your Subject
• Personal Growth
• Working Together
• Support Groups
• 10 Conclusion(p. 191)
• Bibliography(p. 197)
• Index(p. 209)

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Linda VerLee Williams has taught school at every level from preschool to college. She has trained teachers at the University of California at Berkeley, for the Ministry of Education in Ethiopia, and in many school districts. She is an instructor at University Extension, the University of California and is an associate of The Learning Circle in Berkeley