Post Grad Pt2: Wk 13 - Systems Thinking

 Systems Thinking for Educational Change

Whakataukī

I orea te tuatara, ka patu ki waho
A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions

Insights

Ladder of Inference: it is easy to jump to beliefs and actions, whereas we need to take time to gather evidence. 

My comment - Being mindful that inference is not the same as interpretation of data, and thinking about what bias we bring when we look at it. My class did a test to see what they knew about how certain prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of the root word. They will take this test again shortly but have they improved because of the explicit teaching or the opportunities to practice them due to the site I created?

 

People are involved in many different systems; each school has its own systems, clubs, and sports groups, all of which have systems of organisation.

In a learning organisation, think about people working together at their best. Then you will be learning.

3 areas (tools): 

1. Fostering aspiration - personal mastery, building shared vision, creative tension, 
2. Fostering reflection - ladder of inference
3. Systemic Patterns - archetypal patterns

Fifth Discipline - screenshot

Key Competencies for the future - screenshot

Nature of Interconnectedness -

Traditional Western Tchg -

Systems Thinking Computational Thinking - could be focus for master's - screenshot

Cynefin -

The 4 Domains for Solving Problems (David Snowden)

Leaders develop habits in how we respond to situations

 

Predictable:

Obvious (Best Practice - Connection between cause and effect is clear) - Sense, categorise, and respond (E.g. cooking a dish)

Complication (Good Practice - Connection between cause and effect less clear) - Sense, analyse and respond (E.g. building a factory)

Unpredictable:

Complex - (Emergent Practice - Connection between cause and effect only seems clear) Probe, sense and respond (E.g. change the company culture)

Chaotic - (Novel Practice - No connection between cause and effect) Act, sense and respond (E.g., volcano erupting)

Disorder - 

Our Students developing systems thinking - screenshot

Water of Systems Change

Six Conditions

Making real and equitable progress on critical social and environmental problems

Change for good is slow, steady work and can be healing.

Takeaways

Reflection:

Slow down, reflect what can I do better, Why am I doing it for what prupose?