1. Deconstruction
   1. Mindmapping
   2. Outlining
   3. Summarising
   4. Extracting key points
   5. Highlighting
   6. Examples
      1. Book notes
      2. Extracting key quotes
      3. Own mindmaps of books/materials
      4. Clarifying worldviews
         1. Consideration of different perspectives
         2. Listening to others
      5. Conversations with engaged actors
         1. Anarchists & organisers worldwide
         2. Permaculture practitioners that farm animals
2. Reconstruction
   1. Re-assembling information in a format you understand
   2. Exploring how it relates to your own worldviews & experiences
   3. Observing patterns
   4. Examples
      1. Survey & Analysis Mindmap/Table
      2. My place in the field reflective writing
3. Critique
   1. Comparing work between yourself and others
   2. Comparing work of others
   3. Weighing up evidence
   4. Analysing arguments that support your claims & those that don't
   5. Examples
      1. Survey & Analysis Mindmap/Table
      2. My place in the field piece of reflective writing
      3. Patterns of oppression page - my critique of food movements
      4. Towards an anarchist agroecology section
4. Expansion
   1. Areas of field not getting attention/neglected
   2. Contradictory pieces
   3. Filling in gaps
   4. Expanding on your own reflection
   5. Expanding your thinking following your research process
   6. Examples
      1. Towards an anarchist agroecology section
      2. Personal/professional/political/project growth
5. Ongoing Thought Processes
   1. Analyzing
   2. Conceptualising
   3. Defining
   4. Examining
   5. Inferring
   6. Listening
   7. Questioning
   8. Reasoning
   9. Synthesizing
6. Evaluating Information
   1. Source?
   2. Worldview
   3. Who made it
      1. Commissioned it
      2. Funded it
   4. Who is expected to be influenced by it?
   5. Who has power to access and contest it if they need to?
   6. What purpose was the information made?
   7. Signs of patrix thinking?
   8. Constructive bias
   9. Validation
   10. Plausibility
   11. Sabotaging critical thought
       1. Lack of respect for reason
       2. Intellectual arrogance
       3. Unwillingness to listen
       4. Lack of respect for evidence
       5. Intellectual laziness
       6. Rash conclusions
       7. Mystification
       8. Reluctance to question
          1. Received wisdom
          2. Authority
          3. Tradition
7. Gaia University Models
   1. Embedded in action learning
   2. Intellectual discipline & rigour
   3. Clear expression of ideas
   4. Acceptance of personal responsibility for our own thinking
   5. Permaculture Ethics & Principles
   6. Aim to assess information comprehensively
   7. Support learners to be more able to identify and reject false ideas & ideologies
   8. Strong references
      1. Our own thinking
      2. Other people's thinking
         1. Literature
         2. Conversation with engaged actors
      3. Theories
      4. Metaphors
   9. 'There is nothing quite so practical as a theory' - Kurt Lewin
   10. Theories & models are not for people 'more intelligent' than us
   11. Thinking models
       1. Insight/sensing
       2. Conjecture
       3. Hypothesis
       4. Theory