Unlocking Creativity: The Power of Concept Mapping

Unlocking Creativity: The Power of Concept Mapping

Learning Objective

Understand the concept of concept mapping and its uses in organizing information and fostering creativity.

What do you already know about concept mapping?

What is Concept Mapping?

A visual tool for organizing and representing knowledge, showing relationships between ideas or concepts.

Components of Concept Mapping

Nodes representing concepts, linked by lines to show relationships, and labeled to explain connections.

Benefits of Concept Mapping

Enhances critical thinking, aids in understanding complex information, and promotes creative thinking.

Creating a Concept Map

Start with a central idea, add related concepts, use keywords, and connect them with linking phrases.

Interactive Activity: Concept Mapping

Provide a topic and have students work in pairs to create a concept map using the given topic.

Sharing and Discussing Concept Maps

Students present their concept maps, explaining their choices and connections to the class.

Applying Concept Mapping

Use concept maps for note-taking, brainstorming, planning essays, or summarizing information.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.