Teaching and learning with maps

We have been using maps on a large scale in our schools now for several years and they are considered almost as an indicator of cultural modernity and methodological innovation. They are used in curricular teaching as well as for revision and support.
But how do you create a map that is really effective? How can it be used in a way that is useful and advantageous for students? How can you prevent it from becoming, instead of a tool for growth and exploration, just another burden for students?
The book is devoted to the didactic and educational use of maps, as tools capable of supporting learning through visual, logical and functional organisation of one’s knowledge.
The book analyzes and compares the most effective types of graphic representation, each with a different logical-visual model and with a different cognitive purpose.
The book also provides a number of practical suggestions to improve the effectiveness of maps as compensative mean for pupils with learning difficulties or an inadequate method of study, as well as to reduce the risks involved in using them as a facilitator: trivialization of content, rote learning, students’  passive attitude.