Print Email Facebook Twitter Bringing real-world problems into the classroom Title Bringing real-world problems into the classroom Author Enserink, B. De Haan, A.R.C. Hermans, L.M. Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Multi Actor Systems Date 2012-06-18 Abstract Real world problems are a challenge and a motivator for students to learn understanding and using the concepts of systems and actors. But using real world problems in the classroom is not without challenges and dilemmas. In the paper we explicitly address the issue of the need for quite intense support for the students when tackling real life problems and the consequent dilemma of high quality support versus the urge for more efficiency in education and for keeping costs at an acceptable level. Also, teaching such a challenging topic and the group work and discussion involved puts more pressure on the teachers to avoid free ride behavior, as the boundaries between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ are not so strict as in the harder sciences as mathematics or mechanics. In the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management both freshman Technische Bestuurskunde bachelor students and engineering bachelors in the Engineering and Policy Analysis master program are taught the basic concepts of systems analysis and are challenged to apply these concepts in practice. We will amongst others discuss some of the cases and the simulated practice we use in the classroom to create a safe learning environment, allowing for misunderstanding and mistakes to happen without causing damage or interference with real stakeholders, rather supporting the students’ learning processes. We will pay special attention to how these problems are introduced in class, amongst others by using filmed interviews and simulations. Subject teachinglearningsystems analysissimulation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9fc15701-3e3e-49c8-b898-15ab24872eee Source CESUN 2012: 3rd International Engineering Systems Symposium, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, 18-20 June 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2012 The Author(s)Creative Commons BY NC ND Files PDF Enserink_2012.pdf 491.96 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:9fc15701-3e3e-49c8-b898-15ab24872eee/datastream/OBJ/view