Dr Thabet considering a draft of the DIFF Mind Map
It was a pleasure and a privilege to add my signature to the DIFF Mind Map.
Manahel recalls how, while working on it, her shoulders ached so much
that she felt like Michelangelo painting the dome of the Sistine Chapel! I
told her that it was an honour to sign the DIFF Mind Map. The more I
looked at it, the more magnificent it became. To the best of my knowledge,
this was the first Mind Map to look at a subject in microcosmic and
macrocosmic detail, mapping its past as well highlighting its possible
futures.
ADVANCED MIND MAPPING FOR EDUCATION
In
Chapter 2
I explained how Mind Maps are like soldiers in the battle against
ignorance, empowering your brain with their artillery. Whether you are planning
a speech, preparing a presentation or writing an essay, Mind Mapping is an
excellent way to orde and articulate your thoughts. They can be used for learning
languages, advanced note-taking and précising complete works, as well as for
essay writing and researching projects. If you have an educational goal, Mind
Maps can help you achieve it.
Raymond Keene, OBE, is a British chess grandmaster, the chess correspondent
for
The Times
and
Spectator
, and the most prolific author on chess and thinking
in the history of the game. He created the Mind Map on
page 178
, which
explains the history of the modern game of chess.
Learn Like a Native
Through the use of colour and imagery, Mind Mapping lifts language off the
page and releases the brain, like a bird from a cage, to fly free in the realm of
ideas and association. This is one reason why a Mind Map is an excellent means
to learn a second language. When you were at school, did you have to memorize
tedious, monochromatic lists of vocabulary? No wonder many of us found
languages tricky to learn. Unlike linear teaching methods and mind-numbing
columns of words, a Mind Map is an excellent way to learn new vocabulary.
The Mind Map has an advantage over other teaching methods in that it is a
product of the Human Language itself (see
Chapter 1
,
page 34
): a Mind Map
therefore instinctively transcends divisions in order to create links and
connections between separate categories. Chunking can also be used very
effectively in Mind Maps for language learning to group related information into
memorable clusters, mirroring the way the brain processes information.
Vocab Test
Below is a selection of Swedish words and their English equivalents,
presented in the list form so beloved of teachers everywhere. Your mission
– should you wish to accept it – is to create a Mind Map based on this
vocabulary. Be sure to include colour, plenty of symbols and chunking
where appropriate.
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