Mind Mapping

Challenge & Sellection

The tool that I am using for my challenge, is the Mind Mapping, since it consists of  conducting an investigation of the requirements that are needed to be able to go on  an exchange to a higher level school in another country, evaluating each of those  requirements, that is, knowing what needs to be done to have them and be able to  carry out this process, which is published through calls from the UNAM (National  Autonomous University of Mexico).

However, I am still working on this research, because I want to help motivate my  colleagues at the FCA (Faculty of Accounting and Administration) to carry out this  experience in their lives, providing them with more detailed information and seeing  this challenge as an opportunity that will open too many doors in their future. Also  because Mexico is a country that wants to see grow and prepare much better in the  academic field to all its students, but especially to those who are at this level of  education, which will benefit and enrich the country's knowledge.

Selection

Mind Mapping is undoubtedly a tool of great help, which facilitates the search for  patterns and themes, in addition to the idea and allows a better analysis of the topic  and subtopics.

The choice of this tool is because the information obtained from the research can be  better organized, since the mind map is more intuitive, more creative, more visual  and attractive, which would make it easier for students to understand the topic.

Application

The information that I have managed to collect is through the calls that the UNAM  has published to know what are the requirements that have to be met in this call,  some of them are: to be studying the fourth semester of the career, to be a regular  student of the University, that is to say that I have an academic average of 8.5,   present a valid passport, present a letter of commitment in accordance with the  format established by UNAM, register the application and submit the documents  indicated in an instruction, language proficiency according to the country, among  others.

I have also held meetings with FCA students, who went on an exchange to another  country, asking them questions such as: how has their experience been during the  exchange?, What advantages and disadvantages are there to do it?, Would they  repeat this experience?, How much did they learn?, How much capital is needed to  make this trip?, so the students answered these questions on a sheet in a span of  25 minutes and at the end, each one presented their answers while I made notes on  a blackboard organizing the answers on the mind mapping.

Insight & Approach

At the time of using this tool the main defects that were presented, are the way in  which the students expressed their ideas, especially the disadvantages for the  students, which do not allow the motivation to carry out this experience, however  what I could add is some strategies or techniques that they must follow from a year  before the exchange to meet the requirements, one of them would be the minimum  amount of capital, since there are students who do not have this requirement, the  mastery of languages, know the curriculum of the schools of the countries, promote  good study habits and reinforce those subjects in which they have problems, this in  order to have a better design thinking,  broader and take into account more factors  that are involved in such research.

An alternative tool that I could have implemented to have a broad development of  the ideas generated by the students, is that of storytelling, to have a better  understanding.

