Systems Thinking Practice T 205 Block 1 Learning

Systems Thinking & Practice (T 205) Block 1 Learning about systems

Block 1 Learning about Systems Ø Week 1 - Getting started Ø Week 2 - Ways of learning & thinking Ø Week 3 - Systems thinking Ø Week 4 - Systems concepts; learning models Ø Week 5 - Diagramming Ø Week 6 - TMA 01 and looking a head

Systems concepts; learning models Block 1 Week 4 q Session 1 – Deciding on a systems boundary q Session 2 – Being alert to systemic interactions q Session 3 – Drawing and using multiple cause diagrams q Session 4 – Questioning your learning style q Session 5 - Summary of week 4

Introduction to week 4 Block 1 week 4

Deciding on a systems boundary Block 1 week 4 Session 1 q Grouping common ideas – an example Ø Read - Section 7 “Systems Concepts’ in the Primer up to the end of Ø Ø q Ø q 7. 2 Read - Appendix A. 2. 1 “ Systems maps: in T 552 Diagramming Read & Reflect – Review activity 7 of the primer section 7. 1 Draw a systems map Read & Draw – T 552 Diagramming Appendix 2. 1 CD-ROM – T 552 Diagramming CD-ROM Hierarchies and levels – Read and reflect – Primer section 7. 2 Sharing systems maps

Being alert to systemic interactions Block 1 week 4 Session 2 q Being alert to systemic interactions Ø Read Primer section 7. 3 Ø Negative and positive feedback

Drawing and using multiple cause diagrams Block 1 week 4 Session 3 Ø CD-ROM T 552 Diagramming CD-ROM Ø Read – Diagramming Appendix A Section A. 2. 3 ‘Multiple cause diagrams’ Ø Activity – Primer section 7. 3 figure 12 Ø Reflect and draw – Case file 1 supermarkets article 4 ‘Supermarket chains start to open corner stores’

Questioning your learning style Block 1 week 4 Session 4 Concept groups – Learning style Read – “Learning” reading 3 “ models of the learning process” Concept file 1 learning – reading section 3. 1 , 3. 2 activity Read and reflect – Learning section 3. 2 activity 2 Activity 2 – learning sub systems and environment Read and reflect – Review section 3. 3 of learning figure 3. 4 “The Kolb model of learning” Comparison of Kolb model and T 205’s four phase of analysis Learning styles questionnaire

Summary of the week 4 Block 1 week 4 Session 5 Ø What you should have learned this week Ø The meaning of the following key systems concepts – boundary and Ø Ø Ø environment, hierarchies, levels and emergent properties, positive and negative feedback and feed forward. How to use two types of diagram ( a systems map and a multiple cause diagram) as a means of describing and beginning to make sense of a complicated issues or situation. About the three main categories of theories regarding the learning process (acquisitive, constructivist and experiential) How to recognise and extend your favoured learning style