Teaching Systems Thinking Skills

Practical ideas for updating your courses and engaging students

Friday, April 14, 2023 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Online Location

We hope you will join us for a discussion of tools and techniques to teach systems thinking skills. The event will feature Dr. Jeremy Campbell, Institute for a Sustainable Earth; Dr. Ben Manski, Next System Studies; and Moe Ahmed, Center for Climate Change Communication. We will release the report at the event as well.

Whereas traditionally research and education have focused on linear relationships of cause and effect, many of the world’s biggest problems behave in non-linear ways, subject to feedback loops and interactions with other parts of the system. As a result, systems thinking has been described as a critical skill for the 21st century. For instructors new to teaching systems thinking skills in the classroom, there are many available tools, techniques, and resources. In this webinar, instructors will introduce some of the ones that they have found helpful and describe how to incorporate them into your own courses. The webinar particularly focuses on teaching these topics in environmental courses, but should be broadly applicable to other educational areas.

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