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Educational References
You can find systems thinking referenced in a variety of educational resources.  Some resources use similar terms such as “systems analysis.” Still others incorporate systems thinking strategies and tools, while some include concepts embedded within the Habits of a Systems Thinker.

Below is a sample of some resources you may want to explore.

Resource
Key Concepts
Access Information
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
systems, points of view, inquiry/ advocacy, successive approximation
SCANS Report
systems, dialogue, skillful discussion
Costa, Art & Kallick
Activating and Engaging Habits of Mind
systems diagramming

ISBN 0-87120-369-3

Art Costa's Centre for Learning

 
Hyerle, David
A Field Guide to Using Visual Tools
systems tools
ISBN 0-87120-367-7
Hyerle, David
Visual Tools for Constructing Knowledge
systems tools
ISBN 0-87120-266-2
McREL
Dimensions of Learning
systems analysis
Pink, Daniel
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-brainers Will Rule the Future
systems thinking, big picture, interdependencies
ISBN 1-59448-171-7
Senge, Peter et al
Schools That Learn
systems thinking strategies and tools, habits of a systems thinker

ISBN 0-385-49323-1

Schools That Learn website

Thornburg, David D.
The New Basics: Education and the Future of Work in the Telematic Age
systems thinking

ISBN-10: 0871206560

ASCD

 

 

 

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02/11/2011