To understand reality in a deeper way, it is necessary to focus on a part of it, while recognizing that this is part of a larger whole. This can start...

The aim of (scientific) modelling is to clarify and organize one’s own thinking, and make it shareable with others. To do this you select and identify relevant components or elements...

Systems thinking is the ability to describe and/ or visualise a part of a complex reality, express that part of reality as a model, understand the model as a system

In this step, the learners perceive that the reality or behaviour of the system at a given time is a momentary, or short term result of visible or hidden processes....

With the help of the developed systems model, the learners can make forecasts or projections of future situations of the chosen topic. The projections are determined by the constituent elements

With the first five steps, learners have developed and applied their understanding of systems thinking. They created a systems model of their chosen topic and made projections about the behaviour...

The learners have understood that systems have dynamic behaviour. In this step they learn that it may be possible to change the behaviour of the system consciously or with specific...

One goal of systems learning is to enable us to decide and act to change systems on the base of knowledge. People do intervene in systems without full awareness, or...

Learners work with their systems models to change current and anticipated unsustainable systems behaviour to behaviour in line with the concept of sustainable development

Learners have to analyse the impacts of the decisions they took in Step 9, and reflect on whether their intervention related to the leverage point and the impact in the...