UNIT 4 MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUES

At the end of this session, you will:

UNDERSTAND THE THINKING PATTERN OF THE HUMAN BRAIN

USE RADIANT THINKING AND MIND MAPPING TO ENHANCE THINKING AND NOTE MAKING

ENHANCE MEMORY

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ACTIVITY IThink about nature in terms of the architecture of the following: - a flower - a leaf - lightning - a tree Is there a similar pattern you can observe?

ACTIVITY 2 Close your eyes and think about your best friend. What do you find?

              

               

MIND MAPPINGACTIVITY 3Write on a piece of paper in LINEAR form 16 words or ideas associated with the word COLLEGE in the following format: COLLEGE1) ------------------- 9) -------------------2) -------------------3) ----------------------4) ---------------------5) ----------------------6) -------------------------7) ------------------------8) -----------------------

RADIANT / DIVERGENT THINKING

NOTICE WHEN WE USED THE SPOKESOR BRANCHES RADIATING FROM THE WORD COLLEGE, MORE IDEAS AND CONCEPTS EMERGES IN CONTRAST TO THE CONVENTIONAL LINEAR FORMAT

YOUR THINKING BEGAN TO GROW ANDEXPAND RATHER THAN BEING CONFINE.

MAKING MIND MAPS

STEP 1USE AN A4 BLANK SHEET OR A3 IF AVAIABLEDRAW THE MIND MAP HORIZONTALLY RATHER THAN VERTICALLY. THIS ENABLES MORE SPACE TO WORK WITH

STEP 2START AT THE CENTRE OF THE PAGE AND RADIATE OUT. DRAW AN IMAGE OR SYMBOL INTHE CENTRE TO REPRESENT THE THEME OR TOPIC

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STEP 3ATTACH MAIN THEMES TO THE CENTRAL IMAGETHE BRAIN WORKS BY ASSOCIATION. PRINT WORDS IN LARGE CAPITAL LETTERS ON TOP OFTHICK LINES HAVING THE SAME LENGTH AS THE WORDS

THE LARGE CAPITAL LETTERS AND THICK LINESEMPHASISE THE HIERARCHY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF IDEAS BY MAKING THEM MORE VISIBLE AND THUS MORE MEMORABLE

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STEP 4USE A HAYFORK OR FISHBONE TECHNIQUE TO CONNECT SUBSIDIARY LINES TO MAIN LINES

THIS REFLECT THE LOGIC AND ASSOCIATIVENATURE OF THE BRAINPSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE LONG ESTABLISHEDTHAT PEOPLE LEARN BY ASSOCIATINGNEW KNOWLEDGE TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

MIND MAPPINGSTEP 5PRINT KEY WORDS ON THE CONNECTING LINES OR BRANCHES

EACH KEY WORD ON A LINE/ BRANCH GIVES THE BRAIN MORE FREEDOM TO BRANCH OUT IN A CONNECTIVE FASHION FROM THAT WORD

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STEP 6USE COLOUR THROUGHOUT

COLOUR FURTHER ENHANCES THE MIND MAPSMAKING IT MORE INTERESTING, UNIQUE AND OUTSTANDING AND IMPROVING RETENTION ANDRECALL

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STEP 7USE IMAGES, SYMBOLS AND CODES

PERSONALISE THE CONTENTS TO REPRESENT MAIN THEMES. IMAGES IMPROVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND COMMUNICATION AND OVER TIME WILL IMPROVE A PERSON’S PERCEPTUAL SKILLS.

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STEP 8SEGMENT THEMAIN THEMES BY DRAWING BOUNDARY LINES AROUND THEM

THIS GIVES THE MIND MAPS ITS UNIQUE BRAIN PATTERNED SHAPE. MIND MAPS CHUNK INFORMATION INTO MEANINGFUL AND ORGANISED GROUPS BY A PROCESS OF SEGMENTATION AND AID RETENTION AND RECALL OF INFORMATION

ADVANTAGES OF MIND MAPPING

FLEXIBLE

RECALL

ASSOCIATIONS

MULTI SENSORY

ESSENCE

WORTWHILE VISUAL AID

ORGANISED

RECONNAISANCE

KNOWLEDGE OF LEFT-RIGHT BRAIN