For Teachers

This is a 12-hour workshop where teachers are trained to use Thinking Maps® to deliver their lessons.
At the end of the workshop, the teachers will be able to transfer Thinking Maps to various subject areas and integrate Thinking Maps into the curriculum.
The 12-hour workshop is spread over 2 days and may be adapted to the needs of the school.

For Students

1."Learning with Thinking Maps®"
This is a 6 x 1 ½ hour workshop where the students are trained to use Thinking Maps® for developing ideas and vocabulary, organising information, problem-solving and decision-making; across the curriculum.
This workshop is suitable for students from Kindergarten to Primary 6.

2."Write with Thinking Maps®"
The Course is intended to equip students with the skill to use the visual tools, Thinking Maps®, for their pre-writing processes.
They will be taught how to use the Maps for developing ideas, words and phrases to describe characters and events, creating plots and scenarios, categorising and organising ideas.
For the pupils to fully benefit from this workshop, it is recommended that they go through at least 10 sessions consisting of 1½ hours each.

3."Reading Comprehension with Thinking Maps®"
This course is suitable for pupils from Primary 3 to 6 and for students from Secondary 1 to 4. The students will be trained to use Thinking Maps to "chunk", organise, re-organise, synthesise and analyse the information in any given passage.
Through these processes, the students will be better able to understand the content in order to make inferences.
For the pupils and students to use Thinking Maps® skillfully for Reading Comprehension, it is recommended that they go through a 10 X1½-hour workshop.

4."Thinking Maps® for English Language Development"

This secondary school course furnishes students with the ability to use the Thinking Maps. The applications are to the various aspects of English Language development, particularly to essay writing, reading comprehension, vocabulary development, creative writing, research and note-taking.
The course may be adapted to focus on one particular aspect of English Language Development.
The course consists of 10 sessions of 1½ hours each.

5."Interdisciplinary Project Work with Thinking Maps"

This course utilises Thinking Maps to carry out the various stages of interdisciplinary project work from planning to presentation. Pupils are trained to use Thinking Maps for developing ideas, organising information, problem-solving and decision-making in the process of working on a project.
The course consists of 10 sessions of 1½ hours each.