Psy301 - Lecture 1 - Outline

Concept Mapping

Introduction

James Neill

Centre for Applied Psychology

Introduction to Concept Mapping by James Neill, 23 July, 2007, University of Canberra, Australia; james.neill@canberra.edu.au

Introduction

Methods

Examples

Methods

Hand

Electronic

Markers

Paper

Web-based

Local

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Conceptmap.gif

Purpose: Note-taking, study, memorisingEquipment: Pen, markers, notebookhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mindmap.gifrough notes taken by the author during a course session covering aspects of wellbeing, ie, paying attention to the dimensions represented in the 4 branches radiating from the central image of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health.

Guru Mind Map; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Guru_Mindmap.jpg

http://www.alphachimp.com/poptech/images/30_David-Bornstein.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2817373

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92731185@N00/508993172/

Social Psychology & The Rwandan Genocide (1992)Purpose: Mapping understanding of connections between theory and examples Equipment: White board, markers, digital cameraImages by James Neill, in public domain

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scoobyfoo/243992412/

Rock N Roll record sales 1955 - 1974Steve Chapple and Reebee Garofolo, Rock 'N' Rolle is Here to Pay: The History and Politics of the Music Industry (Chicago, 1977), inside front and inside back covers. Concept and design by Reebee Garofalo; graphics by Damon Rarey; copyright 1975 by Robert L. Garofalo.In Tufte, E. R. (2001). The visual display of quantitative information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, pp. 90-91.

Vaughan, G. M., & Hogg, M. A. (2005). Introduction to social psychology. Frenchs Forest, NSW, Australia: Pearson. p. 5

"...example of a space-time-story graphic ingeniously mixes space and time on the horizontal axis...The life cycle of the Japanese beetle is shown."L. Hugh Newman, Man and Insects (London, 1965), pp. 104-105.In Tufte, E. R. (2001). The visual display of quantitative information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, p. 43

Ultimate Weed - Redrawn by Patricia Wynne, based on her drawing in Gary A. Stobel, "Biological Control of Weeds," Scientific American, 265 (July 1991), p. 74In Tufte, E. R. (1997). Visual explanations: Images and quantities, evidence and narrative. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, p. 126

Purpose: Mapping argument and logic Equipment: Offline software (e.g., Free Mind)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cosmological_Argument_Mind_Map.png

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodolphoarruda/24742135/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53313745@N00/273595730/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/128260957/

http://bulsa.helsinki.fi/~maahlber/index.htm

http://www.peterussell.com/Mindmaps/MMSoft.php

Tips

Audience / Readability

Size

Colour

Labelling

Zooming / Scrolling

Collaboration?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MindMapGuidlines.JPG

Other Ways of Presenting Concepts

Free writing (brainstorming)

Hierarchical Lists

Tables

Animated Images / Multimedia