Interactive Exercises Empowering Sustainable Thinking: Solving Wicked Problems Across the Curriculum
Start Date
8-18-2021 12:00 AM
Description
In this session participants will apply sustainable thinking principles across disciplines to address the systemic and wicked problems of the modern world. The presenters will use experiential exercises to demonstrate ways faculty can teach integrated problem solving. Special attention will be paid to systems thinking, future outcomes of actions, values consideration, and strategic methodologies. These exercises are designed to help students practice skills for collaboration and implementation of iterative, long-term solutions. Faculty will participate in a sample exercise and will take a resource list of other ready to use exercises that can be modified to fit into classrooms across the curriculum.
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Interactive Exercises Empowering Sustainable Thinking: Solving Wicked Problems Across the Curriculum
In this session participants will apply sustainable thinking principles across disciplines to address the systemic and wicked problems of the modern world. The presenters will use experiential exercises to demonstrate ways faculty can teach integrated problem solving. Special attention will be paid to systems thinking, future outcomes of actions, values consideration, and strategic methodologies. These exercises are designed to help students practice skills for collaboration and implementation of iterative, long-term solutions. Faculty will participate in a sample exercise and will take a resource list of other ready to use exercises that can be modified to fit into classrooms across the curriculum.