Strategies to engage - from a learning model

How we learn has always been a fascinating subject for me and now with a two and half year old in tow, I cannot marvel enough at the ability of the human mind to take, learn, analyse, make connections, draw parallels, synthesize and create distinct worldviews that drive our engagement with the world.

As a sustainability educator, I have been engaging with students on exploring the idea of sustainability and the diverse ways that people react to this idea has taught me a lot about how we learn.

This figure illustrates a learning model based on the Kolb's model for the learning cycle.