{"id":1466,"date":"2021-02-23T11:25:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T11:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2021-02-23T12:26:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T12:26:53","slug":"back-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/back-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Back Casting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Systems thinking is the ability to<\/a><\/strong> describe and\/or visualise a complex part of reality, express that part of reality as a model, understand the model as a system, use the model to explain the dynamic behaviour of the system<\/a><\/strong>, anticipate and evaluate its impacts, identify potential points of, types of interventions, generate options to act, assess their impacts in the frame of sustainable development, and decide whether further actions are necessary or not.<\/p>\n

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Ability to describe and\/or visualise a complex part of reality, express that part of reality as a model, understand the model as a system, use the model to explain the dynamic behaviour of the system, anticipate and evaluate its impacts, identify potential points of, types of interventions, generate options to act, assess their impacts in the frame of sustainable development, and decide whether further actions are necessary or not.<\/p>\n

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1. Suitable for Steps<\/strong><\/h6>\n

7, 8, 9<\/p>\n

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2. Duration <\/strong><\/h6>\n

1 to 2 hours<\/p>\n

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3. Activities, tasks and suggested learning methods <\/strong><\/h6>\n

In this step, the learners use their understanding acquired in Step 3. The following methods may help the learners ..<\/p>\n

Prey-Predator<\/a><\/strong>
\nWeb of Life<\/a><\/strong>
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3.Material Needed<\/strong><\/h6>\n

paper, pen<\/p>\n

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4. Group size<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Pairs or small groups of up to four participants<\/p>\n

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5. Objective<\/strong><\/h6>\n

To enable students to develop realistic working plans for intended changes in the future.<\/p>\n

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6. Method<\/h6>\n
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  1. The basic strategy of this learning method is to focus on the time frame in the future at which you will have reached your aims, and then work out the steps that need to be done to reach to that point.
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  2. For example: When will we have eco-friendly cotton production in India? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Starting from this future scenario you will think about the various steps which have to be taken to reach that aim at the defined time. This approach enables one to plan realistically the content wise steps as well as the organizational steps that have to be taken. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The task is to convert a vision into a concrete working plan. This is the contribution of the learning method to improve systems thinking competence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    7.Contribution to System Thinking competency development<\/h6>\n

    The learning method is helpful for learners to develop visions of an intended future and the strategy to follow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    8.Example<\/h6>\n
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    1. If the intention is to produce only organic cotton by say 2030, then you start from that intended reality in future and think backwards about what you will have to do, and the steps to achieve the set aim.
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    2. In this context alternative materials, dyes, cloth markets and many other aspects have to be considered and arranged in a logic time frame.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      9.Extension\/ variations<\/h6>\n

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      10.References<\/h6>\n

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      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. The perceived reality at a given time is like a snapshot of the behaviour of the system at that time, which we discern by observing the parameters we are interested in. If we want to understand the nature of change of the system, we have to observe several snapshots that show the patterns of behaviour over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1500,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}