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Jyoti Chahal; Muhammad Haroon Shoukat; Rami Ayoubi – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: Underpinned by social cognitive and ecological systems theories, this research explored higher education students' entrepreneurial intentions (EI). It begins by exploring how various factors, including entrepreneurship education (EE), entrepreneurial motivation (EM) and entrepreneurial environment (EENV), contribute to the evolution of EI…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Student Motivation, Systems Approach, College Students
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Mohammad Zarour; Mohammed Akour; Mamdouh Alenezi – Open Education Studies, 2024
System-based learning (SBL) in engineering domains integrates systems thinking and engineering principles to develop a system. In software engineering, to develop software using the DevOps process, using SBL environment, students gain a comprehensive understanding of the DevOps software development process and apply theoretical concepts to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Systems Approach, Computer Software, Teaching Methods
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Ruben D. Lopez-Parra; Tamara J. Moore – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2024
The design of biological systems is a multidisciplinary activity in which biomedical engineers collaborate to build novel biological systems that address society's needs. One of the most relevant skills for designing biological systems is engineering systems thinking (EST). Among the EST elements, the EST cognitive competencies are comparatively…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Thinking Skills, Design
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Davis, Rhonda – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2022
This article describes the use of mapping strategies in an interdisciplinary course using "Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory" (Repko & Szostak, 2021). The use of interdisciplinary mapping took place in a 300-level undergraduate course and focused on maps presented in the textbook, including the system map (and systems…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Concept Mapping, Systems Approach
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Franklin, Kelly; Halvorson, Sarah J.; Brown, Fletcher – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the impacts of service learning (SL) on teaching sustainability competencies in an undergraduate tourism program at Bamyan University, Afghanistan. This study reports on tourism students' experiences in the SL course which taught five key sustainability competencies (collaboration, values thinking,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Sustainability, Tourism
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Khajeloo, Mojtaba; Siegel, Marcelle A. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2022
Concept map (CM) is introduced as a useful tool for studying students' system thinking (ST). However, it is more known to represent students' knowledge of system components and organization and less recognized as a tool to examine and enhance students' understanding about the underlying causal mechanisms in complex systems. In this study, through…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Thinking Skills, Systems Approach, Undergraduate Students
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Uskola, Araitz; Puig, Blanca – Research in Science Education, 2023
Science educators highlight the importance of developing systems thinking (ST) and futures thinking (FT) for students to make decisions and to be active citizens that address socioscientific problems. The dimensions related to FT take in this study were three implied in ST and two in the appropriation of the future. The aim of this study is to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Thinking Skills, Pandemics
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João Arantes do Amaral – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2024
This article presents findings from a massive, free-of-charge online extension course titled Systems Thinking, which was conducted in Brazil in May and June 2024. The course engaged 345 participants. The research aimed to analyse how students' backgrounds, learning methods, and use of AI tools influenced learning outcomes. A mixed-method approach…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, MOOCs, Outcomes of Education, Artificial Intelligence
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María-Asunción Lorenzo-Rial; Mercedes Varela-Losada; Uxío Pérez-Rodríguez; Pedro Vega-Marcote – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the presence of systems thinking after an educational proposal on climate sustainability based on reflection and video creation. To evaluate this competency, an evaluation rubric was constructed. Design/methodology/approach: This research is a case study with a mixed approach. It was carried out…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Thinking Skills, Systems Development, Climate
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Cameron Guthrie – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2024
Business schools have a responsibility for educating global citizens capable of understanding and addressing the major societal challenges of the 21st century. However, working on complex societal problems within business school curricula remains a challenge. This teaching brief presents a learning project that helps instructors introduce…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Business Schools, Experiential Learning, News Media
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Balaji Kalluri; Prajish Prasad; Prakrati Sharma; Divyaansh Chippa – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: This article proposes a new theoretical model with a goal to develop future human computational thinking (CT) in foundational computer science (CS) education. The model blends six critical types of thinking, i.e., logical thinking, systems thinking, sustainable thinking, strategic thinking, creative thinking, and responsible thinking…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Computer Science Education, Critical Thinking
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Ortez, Osler; Hall, Alyssa; Sindelar, Meghan – Natural Sciences Education, 2023
The Soil Nutrient Relationships course serves juniors and seniors with a major or minor in agronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Pre-pandemic enrollment averaged 65 students. In 2021 and 2022, course enrollment was 42 and 55, respectively. The course was adjusted to a flipped design in 2017. Moving into 2021, the Soil Nutrient…
Descriptors: College Students, Pandemics, COVID-19, Teaching Methods
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Armstrong, David; Poë, Judith C. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The Science of Human Health is an undergraduate chemistry course for non-science majors. This course presents chemistry content following a systems thinking approach and was created with the goal of providing students with the necessary chemistry foundation to make informed decisions which will affect their own well-being and their global…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Nonmajors, Undergraduate Students
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Uzorka, Afam; Ajiji, Yakubu; Osigwe, Menwo Ukechi; Ben, Idoli Nwachukwu – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2021
To integrate technology in teaching and learning, the need arises to investigate the teaching needs of educators making the transition from a traditional to technology mediated environment. This qualitative study selected a convenience sample of 120 faculty and administrators. Using an interview guide, interviewers met with 100 participants. Data…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Needs, Faculty Development
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Wang, Shouhong; Wang, Hai – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2016
Higher order thinking skills are important for managers. Systems thinking is an important type of higher order thinking in business education. This article investigates a soft Operations Research approach to teaching and learning systems thinking. It outlines the integrative use of Strategic Options Development and Analysis maps for visualizing…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Systems Approach, Concept Mapping, Visualization
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