Hi,
I am doing a paper on Whole Brain Teaching after having had a training in the district I sub in. It was so much fun, and so successful with students, I just want to inform all the people I know about it. I am taking a "Children Around the World" course, and I am supposed to talk about how Whole Brain Teaching is good for different children from different cultures, socio economic statuses, etc.

I was wondering if anyone reading this, who does this in their country, could tell me if, when you decided to use Whole Brain Teaching, what specifically made you choose it over other approaches, like Reggio Emilio for example.

Also, what is the socio economic status of the area you are in? Languages? Traditions in teaching subject matter and morals, etc?

Is there anything culturally specific that makes Whole Brain Teaching more feasible?

How is it working for you if you are using it? What are the positives and negatives, especially in a cultural context?

Any information you can give me would be appreciated. My professor was so vague, I'm not really sure what other questions to ask, so hopefully I can compile enough for my paper. Also, if Chris reads this, if you have any information about using Whole Brain Teaching in different countries, I would SO appreciate hearing it. Thank you!

Hi,

I have been using WBT in my first grade class for over a year. I teach an accredited American Curriculum to Chinese first grade students. The classroom management techniques have been extremely valuable and work wonderful with my students, Most of my students are are from upper\middle class families. The Chinese are very strict and the learning style is based on repitiion, so Class-Yes and all the other phrases help. They give the student a preprogrammed response that they need to keep them on topic. The rules I had to make a little easier for my students. But giving them actions to line up with the rules and having them act it at the beginning of every period helps keep everyone on focused. I do not have anything negative to say except that I love this program and have introduced it to many teachers here. My school would like me to give workshops to other teachers, but so far I have not done any.