The primary aim of this free course, Understanding the environment: Thinking styles and models, is to encourage the shift away from reductionist and human centred thinking towards a holistic and ecological worldview.

This is the first course in the 'Understanding the environment' series. For more information, see the introductory session here.

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the need to recognise and integrate a blend of cognitive styles and multiple intelligences as the basis for effective systems practice and thinking
• Recognise that the way we engage with the world is through partial models of reality, and that these models are limited by different cognitive styles and ‘traps’.