Vol 8 No 2. Mapping Knowledge: Concept Maps in Early Childhood Education
Share Mirar esta página en españolHomeJournal ContentsIssue ContentsVolume 8 Number 2©The Author(s) 2006 Mapping Knowledge: Concept Maps in Early Childhood Education Maria Birbili Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Graphic organizers such as webs, time lines, Venn diagrams, flowcharts, and concept maps are well known and widely used instructional and learning tools. They help teachers and students not only to identify and visually represent their views and knowledge but also to recognize and depict relationships among concepts. According to the “dual-coding” theory of information storage (Paivio, 1991), information is processed and stored in memory in two forms: a linguistic form (words or statements) and a nonlinguistic, visual form (mental pictures or physical sensations). Most visual teaching methods are well suited to the learning needs of preschool children. Concept maps were developed in the early 1970s at Cornell University by Novak and his research group (Novak, 1998).
Concept Maps at the Beginning, Middle, and End
I’ve been collecting links to resources on the use of visual thinking in teaching and learning. Here are three resources that go well together. Each is an example of the use of concept maps in a physics class. At the Beginning – “Physics 292: The Big Picture” is a Prezi that Ian Beatty (UNC-Greensboro) shared with his physics class last August. Not only is this an excellent example of how to use panning and zooming in Prezi, but it also shows how you can describe an entire semester’s worth of content in a single, big concept maps. Cognitive science tells us that experts in a field have robust mental models of the concepts and relationships among concepts in that field.
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Get Graphic with Gliffy: Sharing Mind Maps Online | Edutopia
It's no news to anyone here that visual learning plays a critical role in instruction at all levels. Each of us works hard to ensure that we're reaching each learner and that we're employing various modes of presentation and interaction in order to teach in the most efficient and effective way. Those of us who have been in the classroom also know that incorporating visual teaching and learning strategies is a highly effective way to help display mind maps, engage students in effective brainstorming, communicate ideas in a variety of ways, aid students in recognizing patterns and connections between concepts, and so on. As a former fourth-grade teacher, I can remember that one of the hardest concepts to teach was effective outlining -- taking ideas and organizing them in a flow that made sense. I'd like to introduce you to a Web site called Gliffy. Those interested can check out a tutorial on YouTube.
Concept Maps
Concept maps are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge. They include concepts, usually enclosed in circles or boxes of some type, and relationships between concepts indicated by a connecting line linking two concepts. Words on the line, referred to as linking words or linking phrases, specify the relationship between the two concepts. We define concept as a perceived regularity in events or objects, or records of events or objects, designated by a label. The label for most concepts is a word, although sometimes we use symbols such as + or %, and sometimes more than one word is used. Propositions are statements about some object or event in the universe, either naturally occurring or constructed. A concept map is a 2-dimensional node-link representation that depicts the most important concepts and relationships. Another important characteristic of concept maps is the inclusion of cross-links. Identify, list and rank order 15 to 25 key concepts
An interesting article provided by Professor Lee. The connection to cognitive learning (memory) is a fascinating and worthy discussion, which has been recently explored within my education psychology course. by dpoetter Feb 11