COGNITIVE MAP (Plus Two)


INTRODUCTION


Concept mapping (CM) is a teaching and learning strategy that establishes a bridge between how people learn knowledge and sensible learning. Students need to have sufficient foundation and a critical thinking about CM and the relations between different concepts. Concept mapping promises to be useful in enhancing meaningful learning and students‟ conceptual understanding. Concept mapping helps meaningful learning in several ways. It is an activity that provides the student with an opportunity to organize, summarize, analyze and evaluate many different ideas. Thus, it promotes the development of critical thinking skills, which can then be used for other meaningful learning activities.

This assignment contains a concept map for Plus Two students, based on the chapters, ‘MATCHBOX’ and ‘ANY WOMAN’ from Unit ‘FLIGHTS OF FREEDOM’.


PREPARATION

The process of concept mapping involves three major steps:

Step 1: List key concepts/terms related to thetopic

Step 2: Build up concepts to elaborate                                   key concepts 

Step 3: Identify links betweenconcepts


The chapters taken for concept mapping were 'Matchbox' and 'Any Woman'. "Matchbox," written by Ashapurna Debi tells the story of a married couple. It unveils the unhealthy man-woman relationship existing in most Indian families. “Any Woman” by Katherine Tynan is a deeply touching poem that celebrates the self-effacing love of mothers. It tells us about the cares, worries and burdens that mothers bear everywhere to hold their homes in order. Each chapter contained sub themes too, like Patriarchal concept of women, Suspicion, Male domination, Importance of woman in the family, Real feelings of a devoted mother, etc. These concepts were listed down and links were identified between these concepts. Keeping all these in mind, an outline was created and based on the outline, the concept map was drafted.


BENEFITS

There are several benefits of using concept maps. A concept map:

  • Helps visual learners grasp the material (however all learners benefit from the activity )

  • Helps students see relationships between ideas, concepts, or authors 
  • Utilizes the full range of the left and right hemispheres of the brain 

  • Helps memory recall 
  • Helps to clarify and structure ideas

OUTLINE

Topic : FLIGHTS OF FREEDOM

Key Concepts, Sub themes:


MATCHBOX

Short Story

Author  - Ashapurna Debi

Plot        - “Matchbox” written by Ashapurna Debi tells the story of a married couple. It unveils the unhealthy man-woman relationship existing in most Indian families.

Characters - Ajit, Nomita

Themes  - Patriarchal concept of women, Suspicion, Male domination

Title Significance - Matchboxes have within them the potential light light up everything into fire. But in appearance they are meek and harmless and are carelessly kept without fear. Here, the matchbox is being compared to women.

ANY WOMAN

Poem

Author - Katharine Tynan

Plot      - ‘Any Woman’ is a deeply touching poem that celebrates the self-effacing love of mothers. It tells us about the cares, worries and burdens that mothers bear everywhere to hold their homes in order.

Figure of Speech - pillars of the house’, ‘keystone of the arch', 'fire upon the hearth’, ‘light of good sun’

Theme - Importance of woman in the family
               Real feelings of a devoted mother

Rhyming scheme - abab



CONCLUSION

The concept map, based on the unit, FLIGHTS OF FREEDOM, the chapters, 'MATCHBOX' and 'ANY WOMAN', contains detailed information on the key concepts, and sub themes. The map is prepared in Mindomo App, which is an online design software. The concept map can help students as well as teachers grasp the material along with the links and connections. It can help visual learners to understand the concept easily. It can help students see the “big-picture” and visualize relationships. It will help those process and store large amounts of information.














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