We Must Embed Systems Thinking in Education. Here’s How!

To ensure the next generation of decision-makers can tackle tomorrow’s global challenges, we must embed systems thinking into the education system

Recommendations:

  1. Build educators’ capacity in systems thinking tools and innovative lesson and curricular planning through workshops, training programmes and knowledge exchange loops
  2. Develop and expand college credit or micro-credentials to train young and adult learners to understand and use systems thinking methodologies and tools for developing their skills and jobs.
  3. Initiate a community of practice and knowledge networks among educators and learners at the regional or city level to scale successful use cases
  4. Provide media literacy training programmes for educators, embed cross-curricular media literacy skills using systems thinking frameworks, and encourage a hybrid model where media literacy skills are augmented by technology rather than replaced with technology.
  5. Shift teaching and training from solution-led to problem-led learning methodologies to encourage critical reflection by emphasizing the need to identify underlying problems before seeking solutions.
  6. Adopt a dynamic approach to learning by restructuring curricula to integrate interdisciplinary projects or discussions, and offer courses that emphasize connections between disciplines instead of promoting traditional, siloed subjects
  7. Place less focus on standardized testing to measure student abilities and instead develop practical assessments that measure students’ ability to apply their knowledge and skills in real-world situations through systems thinking methodologies

8 . Equip learners with foresight and scenario-planning skills to explore potential career paths and identify the skills needed to succeed in those careers

Check out the World Economic Forum article here: https://lnkd.in/eYfFYHsJ and the insightful report here: https://lnkd.in/eWjTxAMw