concept networks & systems thinking/dynamic modeling
Patricia Haines
levelgreen at kaxy.com
Sat Jan 28 05:22:18 PST 2006
Just to clarify, Senge himself uses system dynamics - and he's a keynoter at the June Creative
Learning Exchange Conference - but I was referring more to his organization in my initial email, the
Society for Organizational Learning.
I'm very much enjoying the rif on SD that's followed my email - anyone interested in assisting with
an Open Space at the June Conference, for generating ways to integrate it further with education at
all levels? One of the SD community's goals is to get more systematic about spreading the word.
I can't guarantee that we'd get a spot on the conference program - it's chock full already - but
there still time to get a proposal in. ??? ----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Macrae <wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk>
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Sent: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:52:50 +0000
Subject: Re: concept networks & systems thinking/dynamic modeling
> I am very interested to hear of anywhere that people are openly developing a
> curriculum that looks at whole systems before parts, and works out what people
> need to understnad about systems at each age group
>
> I am not clear if you are saying that Senge is supporting this. One of the
> issues about systems teaching is that any systems approach is only as useful
> as its ability to interface with any other systems approach; I have not always
> found chapters close to Senge as open as this dynamic requires
>
> connectedness is the future in ways that traditional separation of teaching
> subjects does not begin to help students see
>
> chris macrae
> http://ninenow.blogspot.com
> http://valuesystem.blogspot.com
>
>
> Quoting Melinda Salazar <msalazar at cisunix.unh.edu>:
>
> yes.....! it all comes from this group...i heard peter senge talking
> about/modeling the community growth/housing thing....that was his
> thing, he's now into k-12 stuff, do you know SoL????
> On Jan 27, 2006, at 1:09 PM, Diane Brandon wrote:
>
> > I found the website by googling "CLE June conference" - probably too
> > K-12 for me, but I'm curious about it now. I've seen other modeling
> > for community growth, housing, transportation, and I like it because
> > people get images about possibilities, and some who seemed unable to
> > change course or see what was coming go "ah ha!" -- and the
> > conversation opens up. The computer model may be way off -- or not --
> > but it still breaks the mold and shifts mental models for many.
> >
> > Diane
> >
> > On Jan 27, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Patricia Haines wrote:
> >
> >> a useful tool related to the concept network is Systems
> >> Thinnking/Dynamic Modeling, or System
> >> Dynamics. Teaching/learning tool used in k-12, from kindergarten on
> >> up, corporate planning (Peter
> >> Senge's SoL included), and advanced medical and scientific research -
> >> to explore by creating graphic
> >> representations how everything is connected - extraordinary. System
> >> Dynamics leaders speak of it in
> >> terms of "systems citizenship" - a way of understanding and engaging
> >> the world that all of us need
> >> for navigating - and creating - a sustainable global future that
> >> works for everyone.
> >>
> >> If any of you work with educators, k-12, higher education or
> >> community-based, you might check out
> >> CLE June conference in northeastern Massachusetts. Four days, with
> >> folks from throughout the world,
> >> that are like a full semester of grad school with none of the stress!
> >> educators and scholars totally
> >> on an equal basis - extraordinary. I attach some basic information.
> >>
> >> Patricia Haines
> >> Director, Level Green Institute, Ithaca, NY
> >> Co-Chair, Adult & Community Learning, U.S. Partnership for the Decade
> >> of Education for Sustainable
> >> Development (uspartnership.org>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Chris Macrae <wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk>
> >> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> >> Sent: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:14:13 +0000
> >> Subject: as an open spacer, do you talk about concept networks?
> >>
> >>> First, concept network is an emerging term. If you already use
> >>> different
> >>> language for the idea, why not tell me at wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk
> >>> Me no wheel reinventor! That said here are 2 examples of concept
> >>> networks
> >>> currently going the rounds. Do you have one to add or want to join
> >>> in either
> >>> round?
> >>>
> >>> CONCEPT NETWORKS what might these be?
> >>>
> >>> 1
> >>> For example, there are about 10 well endowed (mulitibillion dollar)
> >>> hi-tech
> >>> philanthropists' foundations. Does even one of them enable a concept
> >>> virtual
> >>> community where a thousand or so people could debate ideas and if
> >>> one best
> >>> contender got produced a year, the foundation would find some small
> >>> way of
> >>> testing it out.
> >>>
> >>> 2
> >>> we know of many cultural creatives (young at heart in any city we
> >>> visit who
> >>> want to change the world's humanity on at least one issue that seems
> >>> to make
> >>> common sense as well as provide a bridge to multicultural harmony
> >>> and ending
> >>> terror); however if you ask yourself the question, what list of 20
> >>> attributes
> >>> help measure whether a city supports or pollutes the atempts of young
> >>> creatives to activate such good work for humanity:
> >>> where is the listing being commonly debated? if you do have a
> >>> listing, do you
> >>> know of one city anywhere whose system supports more of the
> >>> attributes than it
> >>> destroys. We don't but our correspondents are looking through 100
> >>> cities,-why
> >>> not join in such a colaboration survey or suggest some young people
> >>> do?
> >>>
> >>> cheers chris macrae wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk
> >>> http://exponentials.blogspot.com
> >>> http://project30000.blogspot.com/2000_01_01_project30000_archive.html
> >>>
> >>>
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