Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
There are many websites and resources on Mind Maps and Mind Mapping. Many of them are excellent, including the ones by Tony Buzan, the inventor of the Mind Map. Why then do I have the audacity to have my own websites on the subject? I’m not a full time Mind Map professional. In other words, ‘I have a day job’. Well, I’ve been Mind Mapping for over twenty years now and I’ve given a bit of my history on MindMapTutor.com before. Mind Maps have helped me in all walks of life, including studying, learning, writing,...
read moreBloom’s Taxonomy – The Psychomotor Domain and Mind Mapping
I’ve had a few comments about the last few articles being a bit too academic. Words like taxonomy, cognitive, psychomotor, etc. don’t roll easily off the tongue. I’ve tried to make it as simple as possible and to paraphrase the great Einstein, ‘I’ve tried to make it simple enough, but not too simple‘. I will nevertheless publish an article summarising all of this next week in one simple to read article. I am putting together a Mind Map of the article at the moment and hope that all the principles of the...
read moreBloom’s Taxonomy – Mind Map of the Cognitive Domain
Bloom’s Taxonomy is the most well-known for the work done in the Cognitive Domain. This is second domain covered in the four part Bloom’s Taxonomy series. The first domain, the Affective Domain, was covered last week and next week I will be covering the Psychomotor Domain. Skills in the cognitive domain revolve around knowledge, comprehension, and critical thinking of a particular topic. Traditional education tends to emphasize the skills in this domain, particularly the lower-order objectives. According to Wikipedia, the online...
read moreBloom’s Taxonomy – Mind Map of the Affective Domain
As stated in the previous article on Bloom’s Taxonomy, the acronym KSA (Knowledge, Skill, Attitude) is often used to remember Bloom’s Taxonomy. The affective domain is represented by ‘attitude‘ in the acronym. This is not entirely true, as it involves far more than just attitude. I believe that affective domain is the foundation on which learning is based and I am therefore covering it first. The affective domain can be divided into five categories, each building on the previous one. The characteristics are also...
read moreMind Mapping and Bloom’s Taxonomy
Taxonomy Strangely, the first question I get when talking about Bloom’s taxonomy is: ‘What is a taxonomy?’ This is typical of Bloom’s studies. It was an academic exercise, done by academics in Higher Education. The words used are therefore not those used in everyday vocabulary. This article aims to make things a bit easier for you, as there is great benefit in knowing the different levels of human thinking so that you can incorporate it in your learning. There is also great merit in knowing how Mind Maps naturally...
read moreMind Mapping is for everyone
I often get told that Mind Mapping is only for ‘clever people’. Nothing is further from the truth! When you look at the life of Tony Buzan, the inventor of the Mind Map, you will quickly see that the man is a genius. And that was BEFORE he even invented Mind Mapping. He was the editor of the International journal of MENSA from 1968-1971. In case you don’t know it, MENSA is the ‘Hight IQ Society’. From the Mensa website: ‘…Membership of Mensa is open to persons who have attained a score within the...
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