Hemispheric Brain Research: A Breakthrough in Outdoor Education.

Staley, Frederick A.

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ERIC Number: EJ237672

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980-Apr

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Hemispheric Brain Research: A Breakthrough in Outdoor Education.

Staley, Frederick A.

Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, v51 n4 p28-30,63-64 Apr 1980

Outdoor education facilitates the use of both cerebral hemispheres. The right side, which is often ignored in traditional education, is the location of intuitive, imaginative, and metaphoric thinking and can be used in conjunction with the left side, the base of logical and analytic thought. (CJ)

Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Education, Imagination, Learning Experience, Outdoor Education

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Language: English

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