Holistic Teaching and Learning Holistic Education is not any one technique or curriculum. The following can emphasise the development of the whole person. It is commonly thought that the left and right hemispheres of the brain have different functions. The left hemisphere is used for analytical operations, written and spoken language and logical processes. The right hemisphere is involved with visualisation, synthesis, and creativity.
Some people have skills that indicate that they operate in one hemisphere more than the other.
Although more recent brain imaging techniques have shown that the notion of a differentiation of brain functions into left and right halves may be far too simplistic it is still clear that formal education systems have tended to emphasise a rather narrow range of brain capabilities. Whole-brain learning uses techniques that integrate the synthetic and imaginative brain skills with the analytical and language skills. Simple strategies can make better use of the whole brain and can dramatically improve learning and performance skills. Learning engages the entire physiology - everything that affects physiological functioning affects the capacity to learn. The search for meaning is automatic - the search for meaning cannot be stopped, only channelled and focused.