Thinking with Pictures
Mind mapping for children

Thinking Skills and Eye Q: Visual Tools for Raising Intelligence

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Summary

Think you can't see someone's thinking? Think again! This book reveals what happens when the normally private, hidden and undefined act of thinking is transformed into one that is public, available and explicit. "Thinking Skills & Eye Q" is a lexicon of visual tools - once tooled up, you can transform teaching and learning in your classroom. This book shows how to use 40 different visual tools to: infuse the teaching of the five National Curriculum Thinking Skills into subject teaching; develop writing skills in all six genres; show pupils how to be independent and creative thinkers and learners; make speaking and listening, questioning and responding an integral part of all lessons; and raise IQ. Click here to attend an Eye Q course on Visual Thinking led by the authors.

Mapwise: Accelerated Learning Through Visible Thinking

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Summary

Wise up, get mapping, get thinking. Wise up and get informed access to the most powerful accelerated learning technique around. In this book you will find out how Model Mapping: infuses thinking skills into subject delivery, supports each stage of the accelerated learning process, can be used to measure and develop intelligence, is the essential skill for including and supporting children with Dyslexia, supports pupils of all learning styles in developing their essential learning skills, supports teacher explanation and pupil understanding, makes teacher planning, teaching and reviewing easier and more effective. Click here to attend a MapWise course on Model Mapping led by the authors.

Think It, Map It!: How Schools Use Mapping to Transform Teaching and Learning

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Summary

MapWise is based on a sophisticated model of cognition, which is firmly rooted in neurological science. Scientific principles are translated into a practical and relevant resource which is directly transferable into classroom practice and individual work habits. The text is lively and engaging, illustrations are clear and helpful and the tone of the book is practical and supportive. Click here to attend a MapWise course on Model Mapping led by the authors.

Six Thinking Hats

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Summary

Six Thinking Hats is a good technique for evaluating a project or managing a discussion from a number of different points of view.

Each imaginary hat represents a different kind of thinking about a problem or issue. The whole group wears the same colour hat at the same time, so everyone is doing the same kind of thinking at the same time. The six different colours indicate different kinds of thinking: fact gathering (white); gut reactions and feelings (red); negative points (black); positive points (yellow); creativity and new ideas (green); organising the thinking (blue).

Learning How to Learn - Joseph Novak

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Summary

For almost a century, educational theory and practice have been influenced by the view of behavioural psychologists that learning is synonymous with behaviour change. In this book, the authors argue for the practical importance of an alternate view, that learning is synonymous with a change in the meaning of experience.

They develop their theory of the conceptual nature of knowledge and describe classroom-tested strategies for helping students to construct new and more powerful meanings and to integrate thinking, feeling, and acting. In their research, they have found consistently that standard educational practices that do not lead learners to grasp the meaning of tasks usually fail to give them confidence in their abilities. It is necessary to understand why and how new information is related to what one already knows.

All those concerned with the improvement of education and the use of mapping will find something of interest in Learning How to Learn.