Learning culture

The right brain / left brain myth? There are many different rumours and myths about does the right side of the brain and the left side of the brain control different things. The left side of the brain controls the more logical thinking. “The left hemisphere is analytical and logical, it specializes in recognizing the parts, it is linear and sequential, and it processes in a step-by-step manner” (Kitchens, 1979, p. 3) Whereas the right side if the brain is more for creativity. “The right hemisphere is particularly talented and superior in visual-spatial abilities.” (Speer, 1975, p.32) “It is possible to find the relations between hemispheric dominance and creativity specially the right brain hemispheric dominance” (Weisi and Khaksar, 2015, p.385) Although there are many myths about the two different sides of the brain but there is actually no neuroscientific evidence to prove and support the theory that the right side of our brain is for creativity and the left sid...

Does class size really matter in Education?                  Class sizes is a topic that everyone that deals with education had to talk about all the time. On one side, there are a lot of people who feel strongly about reducing class size. Achilles and Finn (2000) said ‘Class size [reductions] should not just be a cornerstone, but the foundation of educational policy for early education’. But there are many people on the other hand that there are many reasons why we should keep class sizes the same and not reduce them.            More people think class sizes should be reduced to help children’s learning. One strategy used to reduce class size is that in Wales £36 million is being spent on reducing class sizes. This therefore means class sizes does matter because if it did not matter the Welsh Government would not spend this much money on trying to solve this. This money is in...