Interdisciplinary Thinking
A self-study module on the OpenEvo learning hub on teaching about the evolution of sustainable resource with NetLogo computer simulations
Self-study module: Computer simulations on evolution and sustainability Read More »
A guide to exploring the mind in educational settings through evolutionary and behavioral science
Embracing Complexity Read More »
A freeze frame is a frozen constellation of a problem, social situation or topic. Relationships between people and essential character traits of people are presented.
Human Evolution Resources Moral Intuitions A basic insight of social psychology is that our beliefs and attitudes about ethical-moral issues are largely influenced by “fast thinking“. People tend to quickly decide what is morally “right” and “wrong” through intuition and emotion, and only then, through conscious, rationalizing thinking, to find reasons that support their initial
Materials for creating a causal map on the relationships between human behaviors, technologies, institutions, social and natural environments
Causal mapping pieces for causal relationships in the present and future Read More »
A collection of materials for connecting past human evolution to the present and the future. Students explore global trends and relationships between human behavior, technologies, social organization, environment, and well-being.
Connecting Past, Present, and Future Read More »
Psychologists Louise Hayes and Joseph Ciarocchi have developed the DNA-V model. It contains the metaphors of the “Discoverer“, “Noticer“, “Advisor” and the “Valuer”, to help humans be aware of, make use of, and practice different skills towards valued living.
This article aims to provide evolution educators with a short review of current discourse in evolution science and a conceptual clarification of core concepts in evolutionary theory, in the service of promoting deeper and transferable understanding of these concepts in evolution education.
OpenEvo is an educational innovation project from the Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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