Instructional Leadership: Systems Thinking

Question 1

While most traditional pedagogical approaches compartmentalize info, systems thinking emphasizes ________ and attempts to find _________ between various subjects. In this model, students are encouraged to explore interdependencies and try to see the “forest” as well as the “trees.”

Answer 1

synthesis, connections

Question 2

Many “_____ _____” activities encourage systems thinking. For example, trip to a farm may learn scientific facts about agriculture, math about crop yields, read a story about animals, and history of farmers.

Answer 2

real world

Question 3

In systems thinking, the idea of the student as a learner with many ________ available to him replaces the notion of the ______ as the “one” disseminating info to the “many.”

Answer 3

resources

teacher