Concept maps
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The document discusses concept mapping, a technique developed by Prof. Joseph D. Novak based on David Ausubel's theories, emphasizing the relation between concepts and prior knowledge. Concept maps serve various purposes, including idea generation, complex structure design, and facilitating learning by integrating new and existing knowledge. It outlines steps for creating a concept map, which involves identifying key concepts, ranking them, clustering, and arranging them in a diagrammatic format.
Concept maps
- 1. EFL Master course Concept mapping Prof. Asmaa Gheith
- 2. The concept mapping technique was originally developed by Prof. Joseph D. Novak at Cornell University in the 1960s. This work was based on the theories of David Ausubel, who stressed the importance of prior knowledge in being able to learn about new concepts.
- 3. Concept map is a diagram showing the relationship between concepts .it is a graphical tool for organizing and representing knowledge .
- 5. Concept maps are usually represented in boxes or circles with labeled arrows in downward branching hierarchical structure .
- 6. Concept mapping can be used for a number of different purposes : To generate ideas (e.g. brain storming) To design a complex structure . To communicate complex ideas . To illustrate the relationships between different components or processes . To aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old knowledge . To assess understanding or diagnose misunderstanding .
- 7. Steps in Constructing Concept Maps : * Select or Focus on a theme and then identify related key words or phrases. * What is the central word, concept, question or problem around which to build your diagram or concept map? *What are the concepts, ideas, descriptive words or important questions that you can associate with the main concept, topic, question or problem?.
- 8. * Rank the concepts (key words) from the most abstract and inclusive to the most concrete and specific. * Cluster concepts that function at similar level of abstraction and those that interrelate closely. * Arrange concepts in a diagrammatic representation. * Add linking lines and where appropriate label lines with a qualifying word or phrase. Groups of people can work together on a concept map - this is a good way to "brainstorm" a problem or idea