Concept Mapping &

Mind Mapping

Dr. Andal Raghavan

Goal of Education
Learn to Learn – Meaningful Learning

Application Understanding

Retention
Meaningful Learning in Nursing
Education

Fact Level

Concept Level

Value Level

Work Experience Level

Ausubel’s Assimilation Theory of
Learning

 Seven Key Concepts

 Rote Learning
 Meaningful Learning
 Subsumption
 Progressive Differentiation
 Superordinate Learning
 Integrative Reconciliation
 Advance Organiser
Forms of Learning

MEANINGFUL Conceptual
Audio Visual Scientific research
LEARNING Learning
Tutoring
New music or
architecture

Lectures or
School
Text book Most routine
Laboratory
Presentations research
work

Multiplication Applying Trial and Error

Tables Formulas to Puzzle solutions
ROTE solve problems
LEARNING
RECEPTION GUIDED AUTONOMOUS
LEARNING DISCOVERY DISCOVERY
LEARNING LEARNING
Concept Mapping
 Concept Mapping
L1
link
link link

link
L2 link link link

link link link

link

L3
Cross link

link link
link
L4
Cross link
 Concept Mapping

Nursing Process
L1 has
has
Inherent Purpose requires

Contributing to Internal Organisation Creativity

Based on Guided by to perform
L2 Recovery of Health Health Values Principles
to take

L3 Humane Professional ethics

Promotive Responsibilities
Preventive Functions
using
L4
Educative
Technical
Therapeutic Rehabilitative Supportive Competence
Mind Mapping
Principles of Supermemory
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Keywords
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Left and Right Brain