Understanding the environment: Thinking styles and models

This course aims to help learners understand different thinking styles and models related to the environment. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify their cognitive style, explore their cognitive style, audit their multiple intelligences, and recognize common thinking traps. The course teaches skills such as analysis, synthesis, understanding multiple intelligences, defining and using models, and mental modeling. The teaching method includes readings, activities, and self-exploration tasks. This course is intended for individuals interested in enhancing their critical thinking skills and understanding different cognitive approaches to environmental issues.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Course outline
• 1 Course outline
• 1.1 Aim
• 1.2 Readings
• 1.3 Activities
• 2 Section readings – Thinking styles and models
• 2 Section readings – Thinking styles and models
• Reading 1.1: Introduction to thinking styles
• Reading 1.2: Analysis and synthesis
• Reading 1.3: Multiple intelligences
• Reading 1.4: Introduction to models
• Reading 1.5: Defining modelling
• Reading 1.6: Models in nature
• Reading 1.7: The limits of mental modelling
• 3 Section activities
• 3 Section activities
• Activity 1A: Identifying your cognitive style
• Activity 1B: Exploring your cognitive style
• Activity 1C: Carrying out an 'audit' of your multiple intelligences
• Activity 1D: Exploring your thinking traps
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• References
• Acknowledgements