Subject: K-12 SD Research

Posted by Tim Joy on 7/25/2003
In Reply To:K-12 SD Research Posted by Ruth Fruland on 7/25/2003

Message:

Dear All:

At its most elemental level, SD is about understanding causes and
consequences of change. In other words, it's about understanding the nature
of the world around us, exactly what children are up to from their earliest
inklings onward. Unless there is some elementary instruction on stocks and
flows, any systems education will be built on a shifting foundation.

Any child who sits in a bathtub, watches leaves fall from a tree, steals
pens from a classmate, goes to the bathroom, gets frustrated, goes to sleep
because she is worn out, wants to know why her friend grows angry, or
watches rain fill a puddle, any such child can master fundamental
relationships of stocks and flows.

Combine this with behavior over time graphs and occasional causal loop
diagrams, and certainly a child in K-3 will emerge with a different field
perception of the world.

Tim

Follow Ups:

K-12 SD Research - Linda Booth Sweeney 7/25/2003 
K-12 SD Research - Wesley Burt 7/25/2003