Education SIG of the System Dynamics Society
Carol Frances and Mike Kennedy
Co-chairs Education SIG
Interests of the Education SIG
Higher Education.
http://www.systemdynamics.org/sigs/education
Current plans and activities
include:
The Education Special Interest Group
(SIG) has been evolving a collaborative
research effort by:
*Active exploration of the implications of
embracing the PK-20+ conception of the
educational continuum
“Development of a Taxonomy of
publications of relevant to SD work and
educational issues to aid future research
and to help to spread good practice- see
other presentations
«Commencement of a project to increase
our understanding the HE Cost drivers -
see diagram
«Planning a second international workshop
on the utilisation of systems based
approaches to Higher Education
management. We are currently evolving
the programme in consultation with
interested institutions and academics.
“Encouraging education, systems and other
graduate students to consider using system
dynamics approaches for education policy
dissertations.
«Planning to make concerted efforts to
introduce members of other education
associations to system dynamics
approaches to their work and to conduct a
survey of all those interested in SD &
education so as to form an active network
with a data base of current and planned
system dynamics topics / projects.
PK-20+ Learning as a
Continuous Life-Long
Process
The group is based on a fundamental
conviction that learning, more particularly the
accumulation of learning, is the distinctive
characteristic of human beings, distinguishing
us from other living creatures
Educational reform focused on just one sector
of a segmented educational structure has not
often delivered desired results along the entire
educational continuum.
PK-20+ Where to start?
* Developing a broader conception of the
educational mission, reaching along the
entire educational spectrum and attempting
to build bridges across the spans
separating existing educational structures.
“Capitalizing on and integrating K-12 and
higher education. The SDS Education SIG
embraces both K-12 and higher education.
‘Recruiting members of the Education SIG.
We can work toward greater coverage of
the educational continuum when we recruit
members who are open to embracing this
new conception of the work to be done.
Consideration of potential projects to
undertake. Putting into operation the PK-
20+ conception will likely involve increased
collaboration among SD members and
those active in higher education policy
analysis inside and outside of the System
Dynamics Society.
‘Research and SD model development
“Practical SD work with educators to
improve approaches along the entire
educational continuum. Additional practical
work to help close the gaps in the
continuum by helping one level to prepare
for the next level by communicating
standards, requirements, and expectations
across the current gaps.
PK-20+ Evolution
This has lead to the evolution at the SDS's
Boston conference in J uly 30, 2007of an
ambitious collaborative research agenda
through the combined efforts of the SIG
members.
We have entitled this “PK-20+" to reflect the role
in extending from K-12 (meaning kindergarten
through the 12th grade) in both directions to
encompass pre-kindergarten to 20 years of
education and more.
The PK-20+ thus symbolizes true life-long
learning and the programme models the aspects
of leaming as a continuous life-long process,
considers the necessary educational reform and
produces a draft action plan.
Education Special Interest Group
(EdSIG)
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Co-chairs: Micha
France
The SDS Education SIG continues to
pursue its twin interests in the
contribution of SD to Education
Management and the evolution of the
contribution of SD to the curriculum -
in both cases the interest spans the
whole span of education from K-12 to
Higher Education.
The Education Special Interest Group
is very enthusiastic about advancing
the theory and practice of System
Dynamics in our particular domain. We
are pleased to be part of this new
thrust of the SD Society to broaden the
understanding and application of SD
through the formation and support of
Special Interest Groups.
In response to requests from our K-12
colleagues, the higher education SIG
moved immediately to become the E-
SIG, or Education SIG, spanning all
levels of education, in recognition of
our inter-connections and shared
interests. The SD Society also
encourages us to seek out people who
are not members of SD but who share
our education interests to invite them
to join our efforts.
The main concern of the E-SIG is to
encourage the development of system
dynamics theory and applications
useful in the education domain. We are
working toward applications relating to
enrollment demand; teaching practice;
teaching quality; human resource
management; planning, budgeting and
management; governance; endowment
spending policy; and the external
forces shaping the outlook for
education. We have a particular
interest in developing systems
approaches to the creation of the
infrastructure which is an essential
prerequisite to any privatization of
educational institutions.
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Last updated 28 November 2008
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