Papers on SD in University Courses
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:04 pm
Dear System Dynamics Folks:
Dr. Leah Greden Mathews of the University of North Carolina - Asheville
(USA) and I are writing a journal article sharing our experiences using
system dynamics to teach part of a University course on Land Economics.
We introduced behavior-over-time graphing, causal loop diagramming,
stock/flow mapping, and experimentation with a simulation model to
explore content areas such as real estate cycles, urban sprawl, and
limits to population growth.
I am writing because we are interested in learning of others' experience
using the model conceptualization and model experimentation (as opposed
to formal model-building) tools of our field to teach a specific content
area (not to teach system dynamics itself) at the University level.
So far, we have discovered the papers listed below. Do you know of
other relevant literature? Do you have any other unpublished
reflections on this question?
Thank you for your help.
Drew Jones
Sustainability Institute
apjones@sustainer.org
Bierema, Laura L., ""Systems Thinking: A new Lens for Old Problems,""
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, Spring 2003
Supplement 1, Vol 23, Issue 2.
Felder, Richard M. and Barbara A. Soloman, ""Systems Thinking: An
Experimental Course for College Freshmen,"" Innovative Higher Education
12(2), Spring/Summer 1988, pp.57-68.
Kahne, Stephen, ""Introducing Systems Concepts to All University
Students,"" Engineering Education, February 1980, pp.427-429.
Mandinach, Ellen B. et al, The Impact of the Systems Thinking Approach
on Teaching and Learning Activities. ETC Report Number ETC-TR-88-31.
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, December 1988.
Dr. Leah Greden Mathews of the University of North Carolina - Asheville
(USA) and I are writing a journal article sharing our experiences using
system dynamics to teach part of a University course on Land Economics.
We introduced behavior-over-time graphing, causal loop diagramming,
stock/flow mapping, and experimentation with a simulation model to
explore content areas such as real estate cycles, urban sprawl, and
limits to population growth.
I am writing because we are interested in learning of others' experience
using the model conceptualization and model experimentation (as opposed
to formal model-building) tools of our field to teach a specific content
area (not to teach system dynamics itself) at the University level.
So far, we have discovered the papers listed below. Do you know of
other relevant literature? Do you have any other unpublished
reflections on this question?
Thank you for your help.
Drew Jones
Sustainability Institute
apjones@sustainer.org
Bierema, Laura L., ""Systems Thinking: A new Lens for Old Problems,""
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, Spring 2003
Supplement 1, Vol 23, Issue 2.
Felder, Richard M. and Barbara A. Soloman, ""Systems Thinking: An
Experimental Course for College Freshmen,"" Innovative Higher Education
12(2), Spring/Summer 1988, pp.57-68.
Kahne, Stephen, ""Introducing Systems Concepts to All University
Students,"" Engineering Education, February 1980, pp.427-429.
Mandinach, Ellen B. et al, The Impact of the Systems Thinking Approach
on Teaching and Learning Activities. ETC Report Number ETC-TR-88-31.
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, December 1988.