Mind mapping for critical thinking

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Cases on Teaching Critical Thinking through Visual Representation Strategies

Publication Date

3-31-2014

Abstract

Mind mapping is a visual technique that exploits the way we actually think-through synaptic connections and non-linear associations. Because mind mapping gives practitioners, be they professional or student, access to subconscious observations and connections, it is a powerful thinking tool, useful in a variety of situations in business and in education. This chapter focuses on how mind mapping fosters the kind of flexible and organic thinking vital to critical thinking and the creative problem-solving process. It explains what is at work in the brain as we create new knowledge and how mind mapping exploits these processes to gain intuitive and concrete understanding in situations requiring critical thinking. A step-by-step outline of how to mind map in both individual and group settings is followed by examples of mind maps from both business and education.

First Page

354

Last Page

386

DOI

10.4018/978-1-4666-5816-5.ch014

ISBN

9781466658172,1466658169,9781466658165

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