Moving Forward with System Dynamics in K-12 Education: A Collective Vision for the Next 25 Years

摘要

Roughly 20 years ago experimentation began in the use of System Dynamics in K-12 Education. In the last ten years, a number of experimental projects have clearly demonstrated that the use of System Dynamics can have a dramatic impact on the depth of learning by K-12 students. This early developmental stage of K-12 usage has pointed to the next steps. For System Dynamics to have a wide-spread impact on K-12 learning, increased teacher and community exposure to the concepts, large scale development of appropriate curriculum materials, and increased support for bringing the materials into the schools are necessary. To this point, only the some of the "innovators" have been engaged in the effort. A plan for the development, testing, and distribution of these materials has been developed by a group of ten of these "innovators" who met for two days in October. This plan presents an incremental approach taking advantage of leverage points within the existing curricula and educational practices, while calling for increased involvement of the larger System Dynamics community.