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Concept Mapping / Model Mapping / Mind Maps®
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Introduction
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Resources
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Websites
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Examples from Project Schools
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Introduction:
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A Mind
Map® is a powerful graphic technique which
provides a universal key to unlock the potential of the
brain. Developed by Tony
Buzan in the late 1960's it harnesses the full range of
cortical skills - word, image, number, logic, rhythm, colour
and spatial awareness - in a singe, uniquely powerful manner.
A Mind Map about Mind Mapping can be found below. It
also has reference to some useful texts both for finding out
more about the subject of Mind Mapping but also for
introducing pupils to the idea:
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How to Use Mind Maps®
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Mind Maps® are very important techniques for improving the way
you take notes. By using Mind Maps® you show the
structure of the subject and linkages between points, as well
as the raw facts contained in normal notes. Mind Maps®
hold information in a format that your mind will find easy to
remember and quick to review.
Mind Maps® abandon the list format of conventional note
taking. They do this in favour of a two-dimensional
structure. A good Mind Map® show the 'shape' of the
subject, the relative importance of individual points and the
way in which one fact relates to other. Mind Maps® are
more compact than conventional notes, often taking up one side
of paper. This helps you to make associations
easily. If you find out more information after you have
drawn the main Mind Map®, then you can easily integrate it with
little disruption.
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Mind Maps® are also useful for:
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- Summarising information
- Consolidating information from different research
sources
- Thinking through complex problems, and
- Presenting information that shows the overall structure
of your subject
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Mind Maps® are also very quick to review, as it is easy to
refresh information in your mind just by glancing at one.
Mind Maps® can also be effective mnemonics. Remembering
the shape and structure of a Mind Map® can provide the cues
necessary to remember the information within it. They
engage much more of the brain in the process of assimilating
and connecting facts than conventional notes.
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Drawing Basic Mind Maps®
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Mind Mapping® (or Concept Mapping) involves writing down a
central key idea and thinking up new and related ideas which
radiate out from the centre. By focussing on key ideas
written down in your own words, and then looking for branches
out and connections between the ideas, you are mapping
knowledge in a manner which will help you understand and
remember new information. The most useful way to do a
mind map is with the paper in 'landscape' orientation; with
the main idea or topic in the middle of the page this gives
the maximum space for other ideas to radiate out from the
centre.
Use lines, colours, arrows, branches or some other way of
showing connections between the ideas generated on your Mind
Map®. These relationships may be important in your
understanding new information or in constructing a structured
essay plan. By personalising the map with your own
symbols and designs you will be constructing visual and
meaningful relationships between ideas, which will assist in
your recall, and understanding.
All of these things promote linear thinking and the idea of
Mind Mapping® is to think creatively and in a non-linear
manner. There will be plenty of time for modifying the
information later on but at this stage it is important to get
every possibility into the Mind Map®. Sometimes it is one
of those obscure possibilities that may become the key to your
knowledge of a topic.
While drawing Mind Maps® by hand it is appropriate in many
cases, software tools like Inspiration
and Mind
Manager improve the process by helping you to produce high
quality Mind Maps, which can easily be edited and redrafted.
A PowerPoint presentation
(4MB) used for recent Inset work can be
downloaded from here which links Mind Mapping® with Learning
Maps. Please use freely in school!
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Resources:
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Cohort
2 Resources from Day 4 Training 
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Article
- Finding the Genius in Every Child 
Liz Lightfoot follows a new approach to teaching and learning
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ME - The Big Picture
Mind Map
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Use of Mind mapping® to develop thinking skills
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(24kB)
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(64kB)
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Mind mapping® ideas for Literacy
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(139kB)
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(1180kB)
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Inspiration
7 User guide
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(497kB)
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Oliver's
new book - MapWise
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Websites:
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Model Learning website:
http://www.modellearning.com
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Tony
Buzan's website on Mind Mapping:
www.iMindMap.com
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Study Aids for Visual Learners
http://carolyn.jlcarroll.net/index.html |
How to Mind Map - Peter Russell site
http://www.peterussell.com/mindmaps/HowTo.html |
Mind Maps - Dragon Academy
http://www.geocities.com/uk_dbbai/mindmaps.html
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Examples submitted by project schools:
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What is the best way to revise?
Year 11 PSHE (Marlwood)
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PowerPoint
Presentation
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(975kB)
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Worship and Buddhism
Year 9 RE (Marlwood)
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Publisher
document (7796kB)
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(870kB)
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Religion and Science
Year 8 (Marlwood)
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(562kB)
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(644kB)
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Islam Religious Studies
GCSE (Marlwood)
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(55kB)
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(80kB)
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Celebrating Diversity and Challenging Racism (Marlwood)
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Publisher
document (8987kB)
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(452kB)
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Habitat Picture Mind Map® (New Siblands)
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(149kB)
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(42kB)
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Biscuits Mindmap
(Crossways Junior)
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Inspiration
file (664kB)
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(86kB)
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| Emotional
Intelligence Mind Map® (Baileys Court Primary) |
(65kB) |
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Science Topics, Year 6 (WellesleyPrimary)
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Inspiration
file (72kB)
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(401kB)
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Whole Class Science Introduction (Plants and
Animals) (WellesleyPrimary)
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Inspiration
file (133kB)
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(537kB)
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Year 3 Science
(Characteristics of Materials)
(WellesleyPrimary)
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Inspiration
file (278kB)
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(1424kB)
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