Concept map is one of the underestimated learning and teaching tools, that many teachers forgot to integrate in their lesson or avoid due to their advanced level. Concept map is a graphic representation of thinking or essential thinking, which learner can use to find the links between concepts that appear to be separated (Binoy & Raddi, 2022). This is specifically what teachers need when they design or plan integrated lessons, they need to reveal the connection that helps students to make sense of what they learn. For example, if you are a teacher who designs an integrated unit you will start from a real-life problem that has multiple aspects that relate to science, technology, mathematics or history. The only way to show those connections would be laying them on a map and showing how they are connected, which is creating a concept map that links the different integrated disciplines to the essential problem. Another use for ...
In this blog I share some paradigm shifts I had after completing courses in master's degree in STEM education with American college of education.