MIND MAPPING

Challenge

“Mind mapping” technique usually I used to clarify the concepts to my students. As a Professor, I intend to

induce creativity in the minds of the Pupil. I will analyse the concept / simulation and convert all facts into

to pictorial representation in minds. Mind mapping enable them to join related items and to arrive a

solution. In fact, mind mapping is the vital tool to explore „Idea generation‟ phase, what is? What if? What

wows? What works?. Mind mapping through diagrammatic representation and explanation helps to clarify

what if? and what wows? Some of the students also feel that their creative aptitude improved a lot after

adopting mind mapping in the day to day learning activity.

Selection

The selection of mind mapping as my tool has got many basic reasons. Any task should have a fruitful

outcome. Since the video lectures in the „Design brief” explains about the „step towards success‟, napkin

pitch, is an example. Boston firm, Chris Calter elaborates the importance of social network to make a

change. Mind mapping is a team technique to achieve collective goal in a shorter time span of time.

Application

Developing mind mapping pictures easy beautiful practice for any teaching professional like me. I too

apply this tool to enlighten myself as a passionate teacher. In Design Thinking video lecture, „Journey

mapping‟ explores how wow experience is created after reaching every milestone. Each and every bit of

experience in success motivates and pushes towards future success. Dr. Professor Marian moore

effectively used Design Tool of Mind Mapping to arrive a creative solution after distilling all possible and

available factual information. Mind mapping enable diversified ideas to create feasible solution in a lucid

way to attain success. While implementing mind mapping to learn academic lessons, students feel

comfortable in grasping basic concepts and can be able to summarise easily all the concepts learnt.

Implementing Mind Map technique to explore creativity among students itself a pleasant experience which

happens stage by stage.

The entire class of 40 students, I divided them into a group consisting of five students, totally of Eight

teams. The teams were given a sample task to represent a concept such as “Heat transfer in air

conditioned room”. Pupil will start thinking how the team can convert Idea into pictorial form. Likewise

each group will perform topics given to other group. Finally, we consolidate all charts prepared by students

and exhibit them. A look on the chart will bring new avenues of creativity among the young minds. The

students will think about what if? other than my Idea available. Mind mapping will reveal the patterns of

thinking where a teacher can evaluate students capabilities. The insight of approach to a problem and

finding a simple and easy way communication is explored by the students.

The concept of learning „unknown from known‟ is well understood by students. The four major parts such

as intuitive, visual, creative and engaging is practiced simultaneously. This practice of mind mapping

equips students to emotionally bonding in the team and to develop fast and accurate solution with in

limited span of time. This is well illustrated in the book  „Designing for growth „ (Rere)  .Mind mapping

will organise the thinking process in systematic way and step-by-step. If there is any error in any one step

it may be corrected and further steps can be modified taking into consideration of the new changes.

Insight and Approach

There is a constructive difference between traditional style of learning and learning by group using Mind

Map. Time consumption is drastically reduced to learn even more difficult or complicated concept. Also the

retention of Ideas is very long, that is, students learnt by mind mapping were formed as the residue in their

memory. The concrete retention  leads them more self-reliant and the self-confident. Students approach to

learn by me mere hearing is altered into pen and paper learning method. Mind mapping by interlinking of

ideas elevate them as „professional learners‟. The charts prepared make them active learners in the entire

class hour. The learning experience is team based and enthusiastic .This unlocks creative thinking and

stacking of ideas systematically. Learning by doing and teamwork explodes creativity and team Spirit. The

benefits of mind mapping is really fruitful compared to other traditional methods

