Pedagogical design in the training courses development process using mind mapping

Abstract

© 2019, Research Trend. All rights reserved. The article is devoted to the urgent problem of integration in teaching the ideas of pedagogical design and the technology of mind maps in the design and implementation of the educational process in higher education. The need for such integration is due to the contradiction in the practice of higher education between the information richness of the educational environment, which requires the formation of learners' ability to isolate the main, fundamental, practice-oriented knowledge, on the one hand, and the insufficient development of didactic and methodological tools to solve this problem, on the other hand. In this context, the article reveals the main characteristics of pedagogical design (appropriate structuring of educational material, integrity, aesthetics, multi functionality) and Tony Buzan’s mind maps as a didactic visualization tool that serves as a holistic representation of educational content, enhances cognitive interest and motivates educational and professional activities, development of imagination and spatial thinking, etc. On the example of designing the content and the learning process of the discipline "Educational Law", the technology of using mind maps in accordance with the typical model of pedagogical design ADDIE is shown. It involves the following steps that are taken in succession: A (Analysis-preliminary analysis and thought over of the necessary steps to move towards the goal); D (Design-goal setting and learning objectives, choice of course format and learning strategies); D (Development-development of course materials and methods of their presentation in the educational process); I (Implementation-implementation of developed materials); E (Evaluation-assessment of learning outcomes). It was revealed that such an integration of design ideas and mind maps contributes to the more successful formation of applied competencies among students, increases the cognitive interest and motivation of educational and professional activities.