SdE Teachers Handbook V4 | Page 95

LEARNING OUTCOME LO2 The Student can follow the principles of sustainable development and environmental system management
LEVEL Applying in a complex environment
SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOME
3.2.2 The student understands the limited nature of natural resources and the importance of their sustainable use at the national level in proportion to the global operating environment
PERSON IN CHARGE ( NAME and EMAIL ) Joeri Brusselle ( Joeri . brusselle @ hogent . be )
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DESCRIPTION OF THE LEARNING MATERIALS
In this learning material , students learn to think in systems rather than focus on the separate components of a system . This enhances the capacity to understand the limited nature of natural resources and the importance or sustainable resource use .
HOW TO USE ?
Systems thinking and system dynamics education encourage us to look at the relationships between and among the parts of a system — not just at the parts themselves — and they help us to understand the implications of those relationships over time . The goal of the learning material is prepare students think and act in light of systems as the context for decision making .
Before you do the excercises try to explain the concept of system thinking . You can use the word file for this . Try to work with an example of a wicked problem ( for example our food system , plastic waste , bio fuel ,…) and illustrate the tools they can use on this example .
ADDITIONAL TEACHING MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TRAINERS o Word file
COACHING ACTIVITIES
A good website to have an overview of system thinking is : https :// learningforsustainability . net / systemsthinking / A good online course is : https :// www . edx . org / course / sustainable-food-security-the-value-of-systemsthi #!
The different tools ( causal loop diagrams , connection circles , Behavior over time graphs are explained on this youtube channel : https :// www . youtube . com / user / CLExchange / videos