Publish at April 24 2012 Updated September 12 2024
Presentation on mindmapping in education
Olivier Le Deuff, lecturer at the University of Bordeaux 3 and researcher in information science, published a presentation entitled " Usages et pratiques des cartes mentales en éducation" (Uses and practices of mindmaps in education) last March, under cc license. The presentation is available on the Guidedeségarés.info website.
Slideshows can take a variety of forms, including several mind maps, as well as diagrams, lists, tables, short texts and photographs. It's a tool that gives a very broad idea of what mindmapping is and how it can be used in teaching. The presentation is instructive and a good introduction to mindmapping for teachers wishing to integrate it into their practice.
The 100-slide guide presents the typology of mind maps, their possible uses, and the advantages and limitations of these one-page visual representations, which can be used to structure thought as well as stimulate creativity. The author presents online tools and examples of mind maps created for teaching in various disciplines.
Page 6 (see above) on the uses of mind maps is particularly clear to see at a glance the possibilities of the tool (memorizing, learning, concentrating, organizing, negotiating, etc.). On page 8 (see below), the map illustrating pedagogical possibilities is just as eloquent: facilitating memorization, better capturing attention, structuring, innovating.
Without the teacher's help in supplementing the data in the slide show (for those who don't already know something about these subjects), the history and reflection (on the rehabilitation of hypomnemata and skholé, for example ) will undoubtedly be more difficult to integrate into the learning process. Reflections on Foucault's idea of"writing as a way of gathering reading", on writing oneself and the links to be made with the mind map exercise are better read, as is the concrete example of Finnish success, illustrated here too by a mind map and a link to an article on the Acid Cactus site and a short report from France 3 (which are a little dated, though, 2008) where we see teachers at work systematically using mind maps with young pupils.
The typology of mind maps is discussed: simple or more complex maps, mind maps or concept maps, interactive maps to create online. Mention is also made of the various structures and tree structures, whose parts can be more or less compartmentalized or linked together, and which can be used to teach different types of knowledge.
Pedagogical uses
The presentation gives details of the many pedagogical uses of mind maps: by the teacher as a support for presentation or lesson construction, by the student for note-taking. They can also be used in brainstorming sessions with colleagues, as mind maps can be used to call on the creativity of participants to take a fresh look at an issue, breaking away from the usual modes of organization.
The presentation details the advantages of note-taking with mind maps: they help you concentrate and synthesize as you go along. Teachers unfamiliar with the method are invited to give it a try by forcing them to take notes in mind-map form during a first lesson, to see the results.
Page 34 presents the advantages and limitations of mindmapping in table form. Although a little blurred and difficult to decipher if enlarged in full-screen mode - like several other pages in the presentation - the table is very pertinent and helps to understand what you can hope to do and what you shouldn't try to do with this tool.
It's also interesting to read about how to create a concept map based on a question that needs to be clear. Several examples of concept maps are given for teaching in a number of disciplines (applied arts, French, physical sciences) and for explaining a technique. An example of a mind map exercise to be completed in class is also given.
The author makes available a document (in read-only mode) that includes the instructions for the practical exercises linked to the presentation: TP Cartes mentales en éducation. It contains numerous links to online mind map creation tools, as well as explanations of the particularities of each. Of particular interest to teachers wishing to experiment with mindmapping for the first time, this companion document contains instructions for ten or so hands-on activities to help you get the hang of it.
LINKS
Usages et pratiques des cartes mentales en éducation. Le guide des égarés, Olivier Le Deuff, March 2011.
See also
Mindmapping for everyone: http: //www.mindmanagement.org/
Digital culture and mindmapping: http: //aubonheurduweb.com
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