Model Maps are based on the fact that thinking occurs in a holographic way. Model Maps organise thinking through using visual, auditory and kinesthetic senses. While education is often structured around a liner system, Model Maps allow individual learners to translate information, whether spoken or written, into their own holographic maps Model Maps are a flexible and creative way to organise thinking and assist memory. It is not about getting ideas down quickly, as in brainstorming, but organising thinking using visual stimuli such as lines, pictures and words. For the process to work effectively it is suggested that students are provided with an opportunity to participate in the visual, auditory and kinesthetic elements of the process. Remapping provides an opportunity to embed their thinking. of understanding.

Model Maps are a flexible and creative way to organise thinking and assist memory. It is not about getting ideas down quickly, as in brainstorming, but organising thinking using visual stimuli such as lines, pictures and words. For the process to work effectively it is suggested that students are provided with an opportunity to participate in the visual, auditory and kinesthetic elements of the process. Remapping provides an opportunity to embed their thinking. Step One Use key words/images Start from a strong central image/concept and work outwards Put key words on lines and then expand on these Step Two Explain the Model Map to a partner, using either a pen or a finger along the links Variations Step Three Put the map aside for a while Step Four Create another map for the same topic. Some people will recreate their original map and others will reorganise theirs This stage is designed to reassert, clarify or rearrange the mapper’s thinking. Elements may be expanded upon or linked differently. It is also possible for a key word or image to nowbecome the central image or idea, although the topic remains the same.
Share the Model Map with a partner