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Swiss biologist and psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980)is renowned for constructing
a highly influential model of child development and learning. Piaget's
theory is based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive
structure for understanding and responding to physical experiences
within his or her environment.
Piaget further attested that a child's cognitive structure increases in sophistication
with development, moving from a few innate reflexes such as sucking
the soother and nipple to highly complex mental activities.
In general, our society tends to favour Left-Brain modes of thinking, while
downplaying the Right-Brain ones in a child's development and learning
stage.
Left-Brain scholastics subjects, focus on logical thinking, analysis and accuracy. Right-Brained subjects, on the other hand, focus on aesthetics, feeling and creativity.
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Left Brain |
Right Brain |
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Logical |
Random |
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Sequential |
Intuitive |
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Rational |
Holistic |
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Analytical |
Synthesizing |
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Objective |
Subjective |
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Look at parts |
Looks at wholes |
The recent trend shows our society's progress towards stressing the importance
of balancing Left and Right-Brain development that controls two
different "modes" of thinking.
We see the needs of nurturing your baby with love. Therefore, equal weight to the arts, creativity and the skills of imagination and synthesis should be developed at each different learning stage as soon as your baby is born. |
