Life Skills and Leadership Manual - Peace Corps

Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 1, Session 5: Understanding Mental Models | Page 55 of 93

Session 5: Understanding Mental Models

Date: Time: 120 minutes Facilitator(s):

Facilitator preparation:

1. Make signs that say “Agree,” “Disagree,” and “Not Sure.”


2. Personal posters from the Assessment section of Session 2.
   Note: If you have participants who have not attended Session 2 and had a chance to make a personal poster, they can begin
   working on one for themselves while other participants are adding to their posters.
   Note: The personal posters made by participants should be saved by the facilitator. Participants will add to them in the
   Assessment section of Session 7.


3. Before the Assessment, ask someone to volunteer as your helper. Coach them to be a visitor from
   another planet. All they need to do is speak a few words in gibberish or nonsense. Explain that you will
   interpret their words for the group. (Alternatively, a co-trainer can be the visitor.)
   Materials:
   Equipment
   
   
   1. Paper and pens or pencils
   
   
   2. Signs that say “Agree,” “Disagree,” and “Not Sure”
   
   
   3. Markers or crayons
      Prepared flip charts
      Flip chart 1: Different Points of View
      Flip chart 2: Influences on My Mental Model
      Handouts
      Handout 1: (None)
      Trainer materials
      Trainer Material 1: Agree or Disagree Statements
   
   
   
   

Learning Objective(s):

1. After a continuum activity and discussion, participants will identify at least one element of their mental
   models, and compare it with the mental models of their peers.


2. Working in small groups, participants will identify and describe at least two important influences on
   their personal values.