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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2007 Meeting
Section: Educational Physics
Title:
New methods in teaching and learning activities in high school and universities - concept-mapping and concept cartoons
Authors:
Delia Constanta Davidescu
Affiliation:
National Departament for Curriculum and Evaluation
-Ministry of Education and Research, Bucharest
E-mail
cmiron_2001@yahoo.com
Keywords:
Concept-mapping, brainstorming, divergent "lateral" thinking, convergent thinking, critical thinking, metacognition
Abstract:
"Concept-Mapping" is a tool for assisting and enhancing many of the types of thinking and learning that we are required to do at university.
Mapping may be seen as a type of brainstorming. Both Mapping and brainstorming may be used to encourage the generation of new material, such as different interpretations and viewpoints.
Brainstorming attempts to encourage highly divergent "lateral" thinking, whereas Mapping, by its structure, provides opportunity for convergent thinking, fitting ideas together, as well as thinking up new ideas, since it requires all ideas to be connected to the centre, and possibly to one another.
Concept Cartoons extend the range of pedagogical strategies available to teachers. They present learners with a set of alternative ideas about a scientific concept in visual form. They are used mainly in the classroom to support teaching and learning in science by generating discussion, stimulating investigation and promoting learner involvement and motivation. Concept Cartoons are useful for elicitation of understanding and might be used for the assessment of learning.
The Concept Cartoons were viewed as having the potential for promoting metacognition in relation to the assessment process, which is an important aspect of student teacher development.
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