Example Reflection - Mind Mapping

•  Challenge – Few students of a particular country had some issues as they moved  forward in their life, they faced some issues adapting to the college. More often than  not, their experiences of learning had a tinge of discomfort with them. Discomfort  comes from various reasons. Fatigue from preparation for the entrance exam, doing  a course that doesn’t interest them at all and discontentment with progress. They are  doing a course, an education that they were tamed for, not presented as a mere  option. Students become depressed, disinterested, and more often it creates a sense  of fear and apprehension even if they’re doing a course of their choice.

•  Selection – The most appropriate way to seek a probable solution is to see the  problems from the point of view of a student. Students devote 100s of hours per  week for 2-3 years for one entrance exam. At the age of 15-16, students have to  undergo tremendous stress to pass an entrance exam. They’re often told that their  success will only be measured if they’re able to make such institutes or not.  It’s not  expected from every 15-16 years old to be mentally tough and be able to grind  through the hours to crack the exam. Some are able to crack the exam and join the  prestigious institutes so promised after the rigorous training and flourish at such  institutes. Some students crack it but then crumble inside the institute. Some  students who do not crack it often have regrets while some who do not crack it move  on from their failures. It’s no surprise that an entrance exam which such high stakes  affects students massively. When some students are unable to crack the exam, the  pressure and the stress gets to them and they end up committing suicide. Some  students are left bereft of confidence in the near future because of their inability to  pass an entrance exam, while some experience some sort of existential crisis. So, in  order to find the root of the problem, we should start jotting down some ideas. And  we do them and we link them with respect to each other. In other words, we do mind  mapping and try encapsulate and centralize the whole problem to one particular  cause and theme.

•  Approach – We identify the issues that students can face. And brainstorm a  response by mapping all the problems to the students. And we find a unified solution  based on the problem.

•  Insight – It was observed that a unified solution doesn’t solve anything at all. As  problems vary with respect to each student. Although there was qualitative analysis  with some quantitative data to back it up, it wasn’t sufficient. It was deemed  necessary that our problem must be broken in simpler and distinguished terms.

•  Approach – In order to breakdown the problem in layman terms, we identify all the  stakeholders and their role in exacerbating the problem. When the stakeholders are  identified, we make use of Fish Bone diagram to find causes and effects using our  jotted down ideas. After identifying the causes and effects, we created an entity  relationship diagram (how each stakeholder influences our challenge). Colluding all  our diagrams, ideas, we create an effective mind map, which breaks down the  problem to effectively find ways to reduce/eradicate. We’ve came up with a  stakeholder-oriented solution which shall be more effective.


Example Reflection - Mind Mapping • Challenge – Few students of a particular country had some issues as they moved forward in their life , they faced some issues adapting to the college . More often than not , their experiences of learning had a tinge of discomfort with them . Discomfort comes from various reasons . Fatigue from preparation for the entrance exam , doing a course that does n’t interest them at all and discontentment with progress . They are doing a course , an education that they were tamed for , not presented as a mere option . Students become depressed , disinterested , and more often it creates a sense of fear and apprehension even if they ’re doing a course of their choice . • Selection – The most appropriate way to seek a probable solution is to see the problems from the point of view of a student . Students devote 100s of hours per week for 2 - 3 years for one entrance exam . At the age of 15 - 16 , students have to undergo tremendous stress to pass an entrance exam . They ’re often told that their success will only be measured if they ’re able to make such institutes or not . It ’s not expected from every 15 - 16 years old to be mentally tough and be able to grind through the hours to crack the exam . Some are able to crack the exam and join the prestigious institutes so promised after the rigorous training and flourish at such institutes . Some students crack it but then crumble inside the institute . Some students who do not crack it often have regrets while some who do not crack it move on from their failures . It ’s no surprise that an entrance exam which such high stakes affects students massively . When some students are unable to crack the exam , the pressure and the stress gets to them and they end up committing suicide . Some students are left bereft of confidence in the near future because of their inability to pass an entrance exam , while some experience some sort of existential crisis . So , in order to find the root of the problem , we should start jotting down some ideas . And we do them and we link them with respect to each other . In other words , we do mind mapping and try encapsulate and centralize the whole problem to one particular cause and theme . • Approach – We identify the issues that students can face . And brainstorm a response by mapping all the problems to the students . And we find a unified solution based on the problem . • Insight – It was observed that a unified solution does n’t solve anything at all . As problems vary with respect to each student . Although there was qualitative analysis with some quantitative data to back it up , it was n’t sufficient . It was deemed necessary that our problem must be broken in simpler and distinguished terms . • Approach – In order to breakdown the problem in layman terms , we identify all the stakeholders and their role in exacerbating the problem . When the stakeholders are identified , we make use of Fish Bone diagram to find causes and effects using our jotted down ideas . After identifying the causes and effects , we created an entity relationship diagram ( how each stakeholder influences our challenge ) . Colluding all our diagrams , ideas , we create an effective mind map , which breaks down the problem to effectively find ways to reduce / eradicate . We ’ve came up with a stakeholder - oriented solution which shall be more effective .