KEY MIND MAP APPLICATION 3: EDUCATION
I believe every child on this planet should be taught how to Mind Map as part of
their basic right to a rounded education. Experience and studies have shown how
Mind Maps can help young children and students of all ages improve their levels
of concentration and comprehension, memorize information more easily and
prepare confidently for exams.
Like any practice, it’s good to start young if you want to achieve perfection.
(Think of those fledgling violinists who graduate from the Yehudi Menuhin
School and go on to become superstars like Nigel Kennedy and Nicola
Benedetti.) I have mentioned how my Mind Mapping adventures began when I
was a student, and today I receive stories from teachers and students all over the
world from who have discovered the benefits of this incredible thinking tool.
But don’t just take my word for it …
Revision
As will be clear by now, Mind Maps are incredibly effective revision aids,
breaking down lengthy texts into easily digested nuggets of information. At
some point during our education, many of us will have studied the works of
great authors and thinkers, and then had to memorize enough about them in
order to answer questions under exam conditions. In
Chapter 1
, we looked at
Shakespeare as a general example of how to make a Mind Map. Now let’s focus
on one of his best-known works – the tragedy
Macbeth
.
According to superstition,
Macbeth
is said to be a cursed play, and actors believe
it is unlucky to say its name in the theatre. Instead, they use the euphemism “the
Scottish Play”. At the heart of the play is the character of Macbeth, a warrior
hero whose private ambitions and excessive pride lead to his downfall. A Mind
Map exploring the figure of Macbeth would use a depiction of him as its central
image. As I have stressed before, you mustn’t worry about your artistic skills, or
feel inhibited in any way, when you are creating images for your Mind Map.
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