Professor Makoto Shichida is leading a worldwide revolution in education which is changing the way we understand children, their brain capabilities and their learning styles. He is a well-known figure in Japan, having committed the last 40 years to developing techniques to stimulate the early development of the brain. Dr Shichida was born in 1929 and holds a Doctorate in Education. Over the years, he has founded over 400 Child Academies in Japan. He has also written more than a hundred books (in Japanese), some of which remains on the bestsellers list in Japan.