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:
- Build educators’ capacity in systems thinking tools and innovative lesson and curricular planning through workshops, training programmes and knowledge exchange loops
- 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.
- Initiate a community of practice and knowledge networks among educators and learners at the regional or city level to scale successful use cases
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
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I personally believe the Systems Thinking is an improved way of thinking and a mindset that is MUST-LEARN for anyone of us involved in and/or interested in shaping a better future. It should be on the curriculum of all company trainings. Curious to read the perspectives of all the L&D leaders in the community
Check out the World Economic Forum article here: https://lnkd.in/eYfFYHsJ and the insightful report here: https://lnkd.in/eWjTxAMw