During Humanities class we learned about our Brain Hemispheres and that our brains are split into two, Logic being the left side and Gestalt being the right.Both hemispheres communicate to each other by the Corpus Callosum. When learning is new, difficult or stressful everyone prefers to learn in a certain way, our brain automatically goes to the preferred side. Logic thinkers look at things in linear perspective,starting from parts to the whole whereas the Gestalt learner looks at the bigger picture then starts to look in between the lines and for details.I discovered that I am a Logic dominant learner with an A profile, knowing my profile allows me to be strategic, active and more of an independent learner. It creates a better learning environment for myself and allows me to analyze faster and stress free.
I am more of a pathfinder, I prefer structured learning and orderly structured information and I learn best when I focusing on the details. I am a visual and auditory learner I am able to pick information from my eyes and ears under stress. I learn best when I see what I am being taught I typically prefer images graphs maps etc these visual representations give me more chance of remembering key information.I read to my self out loud and enjoy reading in front of the class and I enjoy acting on the stage. I as an auditory learner, can benefit from recording lectures, watching movies, taping notes after righting them and group discussion.
I need to work on looking at the big picture even when I am stressed out, I find it difficult to connect to my creative side, if I develop sensory motor experiences it will help grow my imagination and creativity.I should experience new ways of learning instead of sticking to one and i should embrace change.
I would like my teachers to know that I do think before I move and I am one of those people who have a to do list. Structured learning helps me a lot because it won't allow me to stray, it keeps me focus and over time I have noticed instructions allow me to understand and plan out easier for example in the Ferdinand Magellan essay that I had to write in Humanities, it became simpler when I made an outline and I wasn't confused because I had sheet to follow.
