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This chapter demonstrates how systems thinking (ST) informs a new language of thought for future curriculum modeling and learning. The problems that beset us in education today are systemic ones that require systemic solutions. Therefore, we must take an ST approach in order to prepare for and adapt to a world that is complex and unpredictable. ST, as quoted above, has its origins in Greek Philosophy through Aristotle’s dictum, the origin of which dates back to Aristotle’s Metaphysics. This chapter also makes explicit ST about learning, emphasizing the importance of relationships rather than reducing the world into separate elements or parts. We trust that this will build the capacity for thinkers, educators, and curriculum designers at all levels to assist in designing more integrated curriculum models that are responsive in real-time in mitigating the effects of the changing demands of lecturers, teachers, and their students.
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“In the case of all things which have several parts…the whole is not, as it were, a mere heap, but the totality is something besides the parts”.
Aristotle
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Spain, S. (2022). Generations of Systems Thinking: Models for Future Learning. In: Rezaei, N., Saghazadeh, A. (eds) Thinking. Integrated Science, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04075-7_32
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