Betty Edwards, in The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (1979)
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Teachers have three main tasks: first, to train both hemispheres — not only the verbal, symbolic, logical left hemisphere, which has always been trained in the traditional education, but also the relational, holistic right hemisphere, which is largely neglected in today's schools; second, to train students to use the cognitive style suited to the tasks at hand; and third, to train students to be able to bring both styles — both hemispheres — to bear on a problem in an integrated manner.

— Betty Edwards on Holism

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About Betty Edwards

Betty Edwards (born 1926) is an American art teacher, author and founder of the Center for the Educational Applications of Brain Hemisphere Research. She is best known for her 1979 book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.